The United States presidential election of 2016 was the 58th quadrennial Presidential Election. Former Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton, the wife of former president Bill Clinton narrowly defeated former governor Jeb Bush, the son of former president George H. W. Bush & the brother of former president George W. Bush. Clinton was the first female elected to the office of president. Eventually, Bush won slightly more states than Hillary, but Hillary won the popular and electoral vote making her president.