This is a list of presidential trips made by Bill Clinton during 1996, the fourth year of his presidency as the 42nd president of the United States.Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1996, Book I, January 1 to June 30, 1996. United States Government Printing Office, 1998.Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1996, Book II, July 1 to December 31, 1996. United States Government Printing Office, 1998.Presidential Daily Diary Collection, William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum, retrieved September 30, 2026. International trips are highlighted in blue.
This list excludes trips made within Washington, D.C., the U.S. federal capital in which the White House, the official residence and principal workplace of the president, is located. It also excludes the capital's immediate surroundings in Maryland and Virginia, such as Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, where the president typically boards Air Force One for all trips outside the area. Also excluded are trips to Camp David, the country residence of the president.
January State or countryAreas visitedDatesDetails South Carolina Hilton Head December 31–January 1 Holiday vacation. Maryland Annapolis January 4 Attended the funeral of Admiral Arleigh Burke at the United States Naval Academy Cemetery. Tennessee Nashville January 11–12 Toured a Peterbilt truck factory. Attended a Democratic luncheon at the Opryland Hotel. Italy Aviano Air Base January 13 Met with U.S. military personnel. Hungary Taszár January 13 Met with U.S. military personnel. Bosnia and Herzegovina Tuzla January 13 Met with President Alija Izetbegovic. Addressed U.S. military personnel. Croatia Zagreb January 13 Met with President Franjo Tudjman. Georgia Atlanta January 15 Attended a Martin Luther King Jr. Day service at Ebenezer Baptist Church. Toured the construction site of Centennial Olympic Stadium. Texas Houston January 20 Attended the funeral of former Representative Barbara Jordan at Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church. Met the Space Shuttle crew of STS-72 as they arrived at Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base. Kentucky Louisville January 24 Participated in a roundtable discussion on community policing at a local police station. Spoke at Louisville Male High School.
February State or countryAreas visitedDatesDetails New Hampshire Manchester,Concord,Nashua,Salem,Bedford,Merrimack February 2–3 Spoke at the Capitol Center for the Arts and Walker Elementary School in Concord. Toured the Lockheed Sanders plant in Nashua, where he participated in a roundtable discussion on the school-to-work transition. Spoke at Salem High School, St. Cecilia's social hall in Manchester. Participated in a roundtable discussion on small business at the New Hampshire Hydraulics Co. plant in Merrimack. Iowa Cedar Rapids,Iowa City,Clear Lake,Mason City,Des Moines February 10–11 Spoke at Carver–Hawkeye Arena and North Iowa Area Community College. Toured a grain elevator at the Farmers' Co-op Society in Clear Lake. Participated in a roundtable discussion on the work-study program at Drake University's Knapp Center. Oregon Portland February 14 Surveyed damage from the 1996 Pacific Northwest floods at Tom McCall Waterfront Park. Washington Woodland February 14 Surveyed damage from the 1996 Pacific Northwest floods. Idaho Boise February 14 Surveyed damage from the 1996 Pacific Northwest floods. New Jersey Newark,Union City February 14–15 Participated in a roundtable discussion on education technology at Christopher Columbus Junior High School, and spoke about the subject at St. Michael's Academy, both in Union City. New York New York February 15 Attended a Democratic dinner at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel. New Jersey East Rutherford,Newark February 15–16 Stayed at the Sheraton Meadowlands Hotel. Pennsylvania Scranton,Wilkes-Barre February 16 Surveyed damage from flooding caused by the January 1996 United States blizzard. Spoke at the King's College Chapel of Christ the King and at its gymnasium. New Hampshire Portsmouth,Rochester,Keene,Manchester,Nashua February 17 Spoke at the Rochester Community Center gymnasium, Keene central square, and the New Hampshire College gymnasium. Attended a Democratic dinner at the Sheraton Tara Hotel in Nashua. California Long Beach,Santa Monica,Los Alamitos February 23–24 Spoke about the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III at a McDonnell Douglas plant in Long Beach, where he also met with members of the crew closing down the Long Beach Naval Shipyard. Held a summit with Japanese prime minister Ryutaro Hashimoto at the Miramar Sheraton Hotel. Participated in a roundtable discussion on school uniforms at Jackie Robinson Academy in Long Beach. Washington Shoreline February 24 Participated in a roundtable discussion on worker retraining at Shoreline Community College's automotive training center, then spoke in the college's gymnasium.
March State or countryAreas visitedDatesDetails Michigan Taylor,Detroit March 4 Spoke at the Taylor Department of Public Works building. Attended a Democratic luncheon at the Cobo Conference/Exhibition Center. California Los Angeles,Malibu,Concord,Hillsborough March 8–9 Toured a Harman International assembly plant in Van Nuys. Observed NetDay by helping to install computer cabling at Ygnacio Valley High School. New Jersey Hackensack,Wallington March 11 Spoke at Fairleigh Dickinson University's Rothman Center Auditorium. Toured the Industrial Latex Corp. Superfund site. New York New York March 11 Received Irish America magazine's Irish-American of the Year award at the Plaza Hotel. Attended a DCCC dinner at the St. Regis New York rooftop garden. Egypt Sharm el-Sheikh March 13 Attended the Summit of the Peacemakers. Israel Jerusalem,Tel Aviv March 13–14 Discussed cooperation against terrorism with senior Israeli officials. Louisiana New Orleans,Leesville,Alexandria March 18 Spoke at the dedication of the Nashville Avenue B Wharf at the Port of New Orleans. At Fort Polk, met with families of servicemembers serving in Operation Joint Endeavor. Attended the annual musical performance of Messiah at the United Pentecostal Church. Ohio Cincinnati,Columbus March 23 Participated in a roundtable discussion on corporate mentoring at Xavier University's Schmidt Hall and spoke at Schmidt Memorial Field House. Attended a DNC dinner at the Ohio State Fairgrounds' Lausche Building. New York Palisades March 27 Attended the National Governors Association Education Summit at the IBM Palisades Executive Conference Center.
April State or countryAreas visitedDatesDetails Maryland Baltimore April 2 Threw out one of the ceremonial first pitches on Major League Baseball Opening Day at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Oklahoma Oklahoma City,Edmond April 5 Attended the dedication of a YMCA day care center replacing the one destroyed in the Oklahoma City bombing the previous year. Met with families of the bombing victims at the Myriad Convention Center. Spoke at the University of Central Oklahoma School of Education. Delaware Dover April 6 Met with families of those killed in the 1996 United States Air Force Boeing T-43 crash, which had included Clinton's commerce secretary Ron Brown, at Dover Air Force Base. Maryland Baltimore,Owings Mills April 10 Attended a DNC reception at Mayor Kurt Schmoke's home, followed by a dinner at Caves Valley Golf Club. Alaska Anchorage April 14–15 Stopover at Elmendorf Air Force Base on the way to South Korea. South Korea Cheju Island April 15–16 Met with President Kim Young-sam. Proposed four-nation peace talks. Japan Tokyo April 16–18 State visit. Issued joint statement on U.S.-Japanese security relations. Addressed the Diet and U.S. Navy personnel. Russia Saint Petersburg,Moscow April 18–21 Attended the G-7 summit on nuclear safety. Summit Meeting with President Boris Yeltsin. Delaware Wilmington April 26 Attended the Senate Democratic Issues Conference at the Hotel duPont. Pennsylvania Philadelphia April 26 Attended a Democratic reception at the Franklin Institute, followed by dinner at Philadelphia City Hall. Florida Coral Gables April 29 Spoke about the updated National Drug Control Strategy at George Washington Carver Middle School. Attended a Democratic dinner at the Miami Biltmore Hotel.
May State or countryAreas visitedDatesDetails New Jersey Woodbridge,New Vernon,Jersey City May 7 Observed the Kick Butts Day anti-smoking campaign during a visit to Woodbridge High School. Attended a Democratic dinner at Communipaw Terminal. Pennsylvania State College May 10 Gave the commencement address at Penn State Graduate School at the Bryce Jordan Center. Missouri Webster Groves,St. Louis May 17 Spoke at the Webster Groves High School gymnasium. Campaigned for Representative Dick Gephardt at the Trans World Dome. Connecticut New London May 22 Gave the commencement address at the United States Coast Guard Academy, where he toured the USCGC Eagle (WIX-327). New York New York May 22 Addressed Fleet Week participants at the Intrepid Museum, where he received the museum's U.S.S. Intrepid Freedom Award. Connecticut Stamford May 22 Attended a Democratic dinner at the Marriott hotel. Wisconsin Milwaukee May 22–23 Hosted German chancellor Helmut Kohl at Milwaukee City Hall. Spoke at Pere Marquette Park. Louisiana New Orleans,Baton Rouge May 30 Addressed the Women's International Convention of the Church of God in Christ at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. Addressed a joint session of the Louisiana State Legislature at the State Capitol. Spoke at the Pentagon Barracks. Attended a reception at the Louisiana Governor's Mansion.
June State or countryAreas visitedDatesDetails New Jersey Princeton June 4 Gave the commencement address at Princeton University's Nassau Hall. Nevada Las Vegas June 9 Participated in a roundtable discussion on juvenile crime at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas student union ballroom. California San Francisco,San Diego,Los Angeles,Culver City,Santa Monica,Glendale June 9–11 Spoke at the Presidio of San Francisco. Attended a DNC dinner at the home of Senator Dianne Feinstein in San Francisco. Spoke at San Diego Police Department headquarters and toured a satellite police office in Hillcrest. Attended a Saxophone Club reception at Smashbox Studios in Culver City. Spoke at Glendale Community College. New Mexico Albuquerque June 11 Spoke at Grover Cleveland Middle School. South Carolina Charleston,Greeleyville June 11–12 Attended the dedication ceremony of Mount Zion AME Church in Greeleyville, which had just been rebuilt after being burned down by arsonists the previous year. Illinois Chicago June 21 Addressed the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees convention at McCormick Place. Texas Houston June 21–22 Attended a DNC dinner at the JW Marriott hotel. Ohio Cleveland June 22 Addressed the United States Conference of Mayors convention at the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel. Tennessee Nashville June 24 Addressed the Family Re-Union conference at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center's James K. Polk Theater. New York New York June 24 Attended a DNC reception at the Waldorf Astoria New York and dinner at the Plaza Hotel. France Lyon,Pérouges,Paris June 27–29 Attended the 22nd G7 summit. Met with Russian prime minister Viktor Chernomyrdin and UN secretary-general Boutros Boutros-Ghali.
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