1983 Obama graduates from Columbia University

1990 Barack Obama beomes the first African American to be preisent of the Harvard Law Review.

1991 Barack Obama graduates from Harvard Law School.

1996 Obama is elected to theIllinios State Senate.

2004 Barack Obama is elected to the U.S. Senate.

2007 Barack Obama announces his run to become president.

2008 Barack Obama wins the Presidential election.

Barack H. Obama
2009 -
44th President

His father is from Kenya and his mother is from Kansas.

President Obama was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961. He is the only President born outside of the continental United States.

I will be adding more about President Obama. My work schedule has interfered witht the up dates.

His grandfather served in Paton's army.

He attended Columbia University and Harvard Law School.

Barack Obama was the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review.

He has two daughters, Mailia and Sasha.

Barack Obama was an Illinios State Senator from 1997 to 2004.

He became a U.S. Senator in 2004.

Barack was sworn in as President on January 20, 2009. He was the first African-American President.

Obama announce in April of 2011 that he would seek a second term.

Quick Facts

44th President:
2009-

Born: Honolulu, Hawaii, August 4, 1961.

Inaugurated: Jan. 20, 2009.

Party: Democrate

References:

• The Presidents of the United States. 22 September 2004
• Davis, Gibbs and Ilus. David A. Johnson. Wackiest White House Pets. New York: Scholastic Press, October 2004
• James, Barber and Amy Pastan. Smithsonian Presidents and First Ladies. New York: DK Publishing, 2002
• Harnsberger, Caroline Thomas. Treasury of Presidential Quotations. Chicago: Follett Publishing Company, 1964
• Kane, Joseph Natan. Facts about the Presidents from Washington to Johnson. New York: H.W. Wilson Company, 1964.
• National Park Service Web Site on Presidential Trivia: http://www.nps.gov/pub_aff/pres/trivia.htm.

Additional Sources:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents
http://www.historyplace.com/specials/portraits/presidents/index.html
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http://www.umkc.edu/imc/prestriv.htm
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Rhodes/4062/trivia.html
http://www.freep.com/news/inaug/trivia/index.htm
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/

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