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Barack Obama was the first African American and first biracial president of the United States, being elected in the 2008 election and re-elected in the 2012 election. Kamala Harris became the first African-American vice president of the United States of America, being elected in the 2020 election alongside President Joe Biden. She is also the ...
Fulbright invited President Johnson to appear before the Committee in January 1966 to explain why America was fighting in Vietnam, an offer that the President refused. [ 51 ] On 4 February 1966, Fulbright held the first hearings about the Vietnam War, where George F. Kennan and General James M. Gavin appeared as expert witnesses. [ 52 ]
The presidency of William Henry Harrison, who died 31 days after taking office in 1841, was the shortest in American history. [9] Franklin D. Roosevelt served the longest, over twelve years, before dying early in his fourth term in 1945. He is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms. [10]
The claim: John Hanson was the first Black president of the United States. In the past few years, multiple social media posts have declared John Hanson, not Barack Obama, as the first Black ...
1 president served as president pro tempore of the United States Senate, John Tyler. 1 president served as party leader of the United States Senate, Lyndon B. Johnson. 1 president had a PhD, Woodrow Wilson. 1 president had neither prior government nor military experience before becoming president, Donald Trump.
President Barack Obama, who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017, had an African father and an American mother of mostly European ancestry. [1] [2] His father, Barack Obama Sr. (1936–1982), [3] was a Luo Kenyan [4] from Nyang'oma Kogelo, Kenya. [5]
Barack Obama signing with his left hand. At least seven of the 45 persons [a] [1] who have held the office of United States president have been left-handed. [2] [3] Only one U.S. president prior to the 20th century was known to be left-handed. [4] Since World War II there have been fourteen U.S. presidents [2] and six of them have been left ...
Obama was identified as a potential candidate for president of the U.S. after his speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. [24] A Democrat, Obama was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2004. [25] The distinct possibility of an African American becoming elected was realized as the Democratic primary elections got underway