Hugh Ellsworth Rodham (April 2, 1911 – April 7, 1993) was an American textile wholesaler and father of former New York Senator, former First Lady of the United States and current United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
He was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the son of Hugh Rodham (1879–1965) and Hannah Jones (1882–1952), British immigrants descended from a line of coal miners from Co. Durham and Wales.
Rodham attended Pennsylvani...
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Hugh Ellsworth Rodham (April 2, 1911 – April 7, 1993) was an American textile wholesaler and father of former New York Senator, former First Lady of the United States and current United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
He was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the son of Hugh Rodham (1879–1965) and Hannah Jones (1882–1952), British immigrants descended from a line of coal miners from Co. Durham and Wales.
Rodham attended Pennsylvania State University and was a third-string tight end for the Penn State Nittany Lions football team. He joined the Delta Upsilon Fraternity. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in physical education from the College of Education in 1935, at the height of the Great Depression.
He briefly worked for his father's employer, Scranton Lace Company, then freighthopped to Chicago without telling his parents. Rodham found work there selling drapery fabrics around the Midwest, sending the money he made back home.
In 1937, while Rodham was...
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