Barack Hussein Obama

Barry Obama(born 1961)

• Born: Honolulu, Hawaii– Father from Kenya

– Mother from Kansas

– Stepfather from Indonesia

• Raised in:– Honolulu, Hawaii

– Jakarta, Indonesia

• Called his family a mini-UN

Education of Barack Obama

• Occidental College (2 years)

• Columbia University– Political Science

– International Relations

• Harvard Law Degree– First A-A President of the

Harvard Law Review

University of Chicago Law Professor(1996 - 2004)

Political Career

• Illinois State Senator (1997 – 2004)

• US Senator (2005 – 2008)

Campaign Theme

2008 Campaign

John McCainBarack Obama

Election Results (2008)

Fun Facts about Barack Obama

First US President To Be ….

From Hawaii

First US President To Be ….

African-American

• Only 5th African-American Senator(only 3rd elected)

High School Basketball Nickname: O-Bomber

What college/university has educated the most US presidents?

Harvard (8)• John Adams

• John Quincy Adams

• Rutherford B. Hayes

• Teddy Roosevelt

• Franklin Roosevelt

• John Kennedy

• George W. Bush

• Barack Obama

Yale (5)• William Taft

• Gerald Ford

• George H. W. Bush

• Bill Clinton

• George W. Bush

President Obama is Left-Handed5 of the 7 last US

Presidents have been left handed

•Gerald Ford•Jimmy Carter•Ronald Reagan•George H. W. Bush•Bill Clinton •George W. Bush•Barack Obama

How many times did Obama take the Oath of Office?

4

7 US Presidents Have Retaken the Oath of Office

2 US Presidents took it privately after the death of a President

Arthur and Coolidge

5 US Presidents took it privately because Inauguration Day fell on a Sunday

Hayes, Wilson, Eisenhower, Reagan, and Obama (2013)

Obama took it again because the wording was misstated (2009)

Had To Retake the Oath of Office(2009)

Correct Oath" ... that I will faithfully execute the office of

president of the United States."

What Chief Justice Roberts Said " ... that I will execute the office of president

of the United States faithfully."

Nobel Peace

Prize Recipient

(2009)

* only 4th US President

Won 2 Grammy Awards

Best Spoken Word Album

Dreams from My

Father (2006)

Audacity of Hope

(2008)

In Dreams from my FatherObama ties his mother’s family tree to:

Jefferson Davis

President of the Confederacy

O’s Favorite Team is:

Secret Service Codename: Renegade

“Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again

the work of remaking America.”