The election of Barack Obama

The 44th President of the United States

By: Chris Angjeli

background

Born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1961 (53 years old)

Graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School

Served three terms representing the 13th District in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004, running unsuccessfully for the United States House of Representatives in 2000

Significance

First African-American president in the history of the United States

Signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 in response to the “Great Recession”

Signed into law “Obamacare” or the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act