 U.S. President Barack Obama's official photograph in the Oval Office on 6 December 2012. Image by Official White House Photo by Pete Souza, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed Public domain |
Jarrett Merrick & KathyPresidency of Barack Obama Presidency of Barack Obama 2009–2017 U.S. presidential administration Barack Obama's tenure as the 44th president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 2009, and ended on January 20, 2017. Obama, a Democrat from Illinois, took office after defeating the Republican nominee John McCain in the 2008 presidential election. Four years later, he won re-election in the 2012 presidential election, after defeating the Republican nominee Mitt Romney. Alongside Obama's presidency, the Democratic Party also held their majorities in the House of Representatives during the 111th U.S. Congress following the 2008 elections, thereby attained an overall federal government trifecta. Obama is the first African American president, the first multiracial president, the first non-white… (Source: Wikipedia)
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