Matt Spillane

mspillane@lohud.com

Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton returned to her hometown of Chappaqua Tuesday morning as she vied to be the first woman elected to the White House.

Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, arrived at Douglas Grafflin Elementary School in Chappaqua to vote just after 8 a.m. to the delight of a crowd of supporters.

Among that crowd was Coline Jenkins of Greenwich, Connecticut, who held an umbrella that was more than 100 years old. Her great-great-grandmother was Elizabeth Cady Stanton, an advocate during women's suffrage fight.

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"It's the beginning," she said of what she believed would be a Clinton victory. "I believe that it will be a progressive era. I think it's really exciting, the evolution of rights. Everybody's standing on the shoulders of the generation before."

When Clinton arrived at the school, she waved to the crowd, which elicited many cheers.

Clinton said it was "the most humbling feeling" to vote "because so many people are counting on the outcome of this election."

After voting, Bill Clinton said he's was eager to be a political spouse, joking that he had "15 years of practice."

The Associated Press contributed to this article.