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Barack Hussein Obama II

b. 4 Aug 1961, Honolulu, Hawaii
Title: President of the United States
Term: 20 Jan 2009 - 20 Jan 2013
Chronology: 8 Jan 2009, the election to the office of the President of the United States is declared upon the ascertainment and counting of the electoral vote (cast 15 Dec 2008), joint session of the Senate and the House of Representatives, House Chamber, U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. [1]
20 Jan 2009, commencement of term
20 Jan 2009, took the oath of office as the President of the United States, inaugural ceremony, West Front, U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. [2]
21 Jan 2009, took the oath of office as the President of the United States, private ceremony, Map Room, White House, Washington, D.C. [3][4]
20 Jan 2013, expiration of term
Term: 20 Jan 2013 - 20 Jan 2017
Chronology: 4 Jan 2013, the election to the office of the President of the United States is declared upon the ascertainment and counting of the electoral vote(cast 17 Dec 2012), joint session of the Senate and the House of Representatives, House Chamber, U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. [5]
20 Jan 2013, commencement of term
20 Jan 2013, took the oath of office as the President of the United States, private ceremony, Blue Room, White House, Washington, D.C. [6]
21 Jan 2013, took the oath of office as the President of the United States, inaugural ceremony, West Front, U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. [7][8]
20 Jan 2017, expiration of term
Biography:
Born of a racially mixed marriage involving Kenyan father and American mother (divorced in 1964); moved with his mother and stepfather of Indonesian origin to Jakarta, Indonesia, where he obtained early education in local schools; returned to Honolulu to live with his maternal grandparents; attended Punahou School, Honolulu (1971-1979); continued education at Occidental College, Los Angeles (1979-1981); received a B.A. from Columbia University, New York City (1983); worked at the Business International Corporation and at the New York Public Interest Research Group; served as as director of the Developing Communities Project (1985-1988) in Chicago, Illinois; studied law at Harvard University (1988-1991), where he became the first African American president of the Harvard Law Review, and received a Juris Doctor in 1991; worked as lecturer on constitutional law, University of Chicago (1996-2004); was elected a member of the Illinois State senate (1997-2004); elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate (served 3 Jan 2005 – 16 Nov 2008); elected President of the United States for the term commencing 20 Jan 2009.
Biographical sources: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (2005).
Elections:
Candidate Electoral vote (15 Dec 2008)
Barack Obama 365
John McCain 173
total number of electors appointed 538
number of votes for a majority 270

Candidate Electoral vote (17 Dec 2012)
Barack Obama 332
Mitt Romney 206
total number of electors appointed 538
number of votes for a majority 270
Source of electoral results: Congressional Record, 111th Congress, 1st Session, vol. 155, No. 3, H76; Congressional Record, 113th Congress, 1st Session, vol. 159, No. 2, H49-H50.

[1] Congressional Record, 111th Congress, 1st Session, vol. 155, No. 3, H75-H76.
[2] Congressional Record, 111th Congress, 1st Session, vol. 155, No. 11, S667-S670.
[3] New York Times, No. 54,563, 22 Jan 2009, pp. A1, A22.
[4] The oath was re-administered on 21 Jan 2009 due to mistakes in reciting the words during the inaugural ceremony 20 Jan 2009.
[5] Congressional Record, 113th Congress, 1st Session, vol. 159, No. 2, H49-H50.
[6] New York Times, No. 56,023, 21 Jan 2013, pp. A1, A13.
[7] Congressional Record, 113th Congress, 1st Session, vol. 159, No. 7, S183-S187.
[8] Public ceremony of inauguration was postponed as 20 Jan 2013 fell on a Sunday.
Last update: 08 May 2025
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