Presidency of Barack Obama

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 following his victory over Republican nominee John McCain in the 2008 presidential election. Four years later, in the 2012 presidential election, he defeated Republican nominee Mitt Romney, to win re-election. Obama is the first African American president, the first multiracial president, the first non-white president, and the first president born in Hawaii. Obama was succeeded by Republican Donald Trump, who won the 2016 presidential election. Historians and political scientists rank him among the upper tier in historical rankings of American presidents.

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2008 Electoral College vote results
Obama and Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor
Obama signs the commission of Elena Kagan
Percentage of Individuals in the United States without Health Insurance, 1963–2015 (Source: JAMA)
Obama speaking with former president Bill Clinton and Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett about job creation in July 2010
Republican John Boehner of Ohio was the powerful Speaker of the House in 2011–2015.
The White House lit with the LGBT rainbow flag celebrating the Supreme Court's decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, legalizing same-sex marriage in the United States, June 26, 2015
Obama makes a call to the crew of the International Space Station.
Obama's statement on the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
"Beer Summit" at the White House, July 30, 2009
President Obama announces an agreement on the Iran nuclear deal, 14 July 2015
Obama presents his first weekly address as President of the United States, discussing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.