div class=ts-pagebutton class=gotoPage data-page=1Page 1button div class=ts-imageimg data-url=the-washington-washington-post-staff-writers-sen-barack-obama-of-illinois-was-elect-htmlpage=1 data-page=1 class=ts-thumb lazyload alt=Page 1: The Washington Postmediawashingtonpostcomwp-srvgraphicscommemorativepdfWashington Post Staff Writers Sen Barack Obama of Illinois was elect- ed the nations 44th president yesterday loading=lazy src=data:imagegifbase64iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAIAAAACCAQAAADYv8WvAAAAD0lEQVR42mP8X8AwAgiABKBAv+vAXklAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC data-src=https:reader034vdocumentsusreader034viewer20220424055f1ea9882e70be0f834727abhtml5thumbnails1jpg width=140 height=200 divdiv