Obama Timeline
On january 20 2009 barack obama was inaugurated as the 44th president of the united states.
Obama timeline. January january 2 president obama returns to the white house after his annual hawaiian vacation. Barack tries for the senate barack tried out for the illinois state senate. He was born and raised in hawaii. Viewing the key events from his life in a timeline can help you get to know the boy the man and the president in greater detail.
Barack obama makes history by becoming the first african american to win the us presidency. Barack obama became the first african american president of the harvard law review. The obama presidential library is part of the presidential libraries system administered by the national archives and records administration a federal agency. A law school graduate barack obama graduated from harvard in 1991.
January 3 the 115th united states congress begins. Barack gets married barack obama married his girlfriend michelle in october. Obama emerged as an unlikely candidate during the 2008 presidential campaign. Re elected on november 6 2012 his second inauguration was on january 21 2013 and ended on january 20 2017.
January 4 president obama visits democratic lawmakers on capitol hill with a message to save the patient protection. Jeremiah wright was an outspoken firebrand of a man who began making some outlandish claims about the us government. Barack obama a democrat from illinois was elected president of the united states on november 4 2008 and was inaugurated as the nation s 44th president on january 20 2009. Barack obama timeline a significant amount of information is available on barack obama the 44th president of the united states much of it coming from the books that obama himself authored.
However for obama in 2008 his choice of pastor engulfed him in a storm of scandal. He moved back to chicago. January 6 in a joint. He was the first african american president in u s.
Before winning the presidency obama represented illinois in the u s.