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Barack Hussein Obama 44th President of the United States Nicknames: None listed. Born: August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii |
Father: Barack Hussein Obama, Sr.
Mother: Ann Dunham
Married: Michelle Robinson (1964- ), on October 18, 1992
Children: Malia Ann Obama (1999- ); Natasha “Sasha” Obama (2001- )
Religion: United Church of Christ
Education: Attended Occidental College; Graduated Columbia University (1983); Graduated from Harvard Law School (1991)
Occupation: Lawyer
Political Party: Democrat
Other Government Positions:
- Member of Illinois State Senate, 1996-2004
- United States Senator, 2005-08
Presidential Salary: $400,000/year + $50,000 expense account
| Year | Popular Votes | Electoral Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Barack Obama | 69,456,897 | 365 |
| John McCain | 59,934,814 | 173 | |
| 2012 | Barack Obama | 65,899,625 | 332 |
| Willard Mitt Romney | 60,928.981 | 206 |
Vice President: Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (2009- )
Cabinet:
- Secretary of State
- Hillary Rodham Clinton (2009-2013)
- John Kerry (2013- )
- Secretary of the Treasury
- Timothy F. Geithner (2009-2013)
- Jacob J. Lew (2013- )
- Secretary of Defense
- Robert M. Gates (2006-11)
- Leon E. Panetta (2011-2013 )
- Chuck Hagel (2013- )
- Attorney General
- Eric H. Holder, Jr. (2009- )
- Secretary of the Interior
- Kenneth L. Salazar (2009-2013)
- Sally Jewell (2013- )
- Secretary of Agriculture
- Thomas J. Vilsack (2009- )
- Secretary of Commerce
- Gary F. Locke (2009-11)
- John Bryson (2011-12)
- Rebecca M. Blank (Acting) (2012-2013)
- Cameron Kerry (Acting) (2013- )
- Secretary of Labor
- Hilda L. Solis (2009-2013)
- Secretary of Health and Human Services
- Kathleen Sebelius (2009- )
- Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
- Shaun L.S. Donovan (2009- )
- Secretary of Transportation
- Ray LaHood (2009- )
- Secretary of Energy
- Steven Chu (2009-2013)
- Ernest Moniz (2013-)
- Secretary of Education
- Arne Duncan (2009- )
- Secretary of Veterans Affairs
- Eric K. Shinseki (2009- )
- Secretary of Homeland Security
- Janet A. Napolitano (2009- )
Supreme Court Appointments:
- Associate Justice
- Sonia Sotomayor (2009- )
- Elena Kagan (2010- )
- 2009
- In an effort to rejuvenate the struggling U.S. economy, Congress passes the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which allocates money for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization.
- 2010
- The Affordable Care Act was signed into law on March 23, 2010.
- Barack Obama — from White House
- Compiled by the White House.
- Barack Obama — from American Presidents: Life Portraits — C-SPAN
- Biographical information, trivia, key events, video, and other reference materials. Website created to accompany C-SPAN’s 20th Anniversary Television Series, American Presidents: Life Portraits.
- Barack Hussein Obama — from The American President
- From the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia, in addition to information on the Presidents themselves, they have first lady and cabinet member biographies, listings of presidential staff and advisers, and timelines detailing significant events in the lives of each administration.
- Keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention (2004)
- “A More Perfect Union” (2008)
- Obama election night remarks (2008)
- First Inaugural Address (2009)
- President Obama’s Election Night Speech (2012)
- Second Inaugural Address (2013)
- Newspaper Front Pages from November 5, 2008 — from Newseum
- Images of newspaper and magazine front pages from around the world on the day after Obama’s historic victory in the 2008 Presidential election.
- Obama was the first African-American U.S. president.
- Obama was the first president born outside of the contiguous United States.
- Obama was the eighth left-handed president of the United States.
- Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009.
Previous President:
George Walker Bush
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