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Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, was born on August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii [1] to Barack Obama, Sr. (1936–1982) (born in Oriang' Kogelo of Rachuonyo North District, [2] Kenya) and Stanley Ann Dunham, known as Ann (1942–1995) (born in Wichita, Kansas, United States).
Here’s a look at the life of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States.. Personal. Birth date: August 4, 1961 Birth place: Honolulu, Hawaii. Birth name: Barack Hussein Obama Jr ...
31st president Herbert Hoover (died October 20, 1964) 19 years, 191 days after 32nd president Franklin D. Roosevelt (died April 12, 1945) 333 days after 35th president John F. Kennedy (died November 22, 1963) 33rd president Harry S. Truman (died December 26, 1972) 9 years, 34 days after 35th president John F. Kennedy (died November 22, 1963)
The oldest person inaugurated president is Donald Trump, at age 78 years, 7 months, for his second term. [1] [3] Assassinated at age 46, John F. Kennedy was the youngest president at the end of his tenure, and his lifespan was the shortest of any president. [4] The oldest president at the end of his tenure is Joe Biden at age 82 years, 2 months.
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.
Twenty-one states have the distinction of being the birthplace of a president. One president's birth state is in dispute; North and South Carolina (British colonies at the time) both lay claim to Andrew Jackson, who was born in 1767 in the Waxhaw region along their common border. Jackson himself considered South Carolina his birth state.
On January 27, 2008, Kennedy announced in a New York Times op-ed piece entitled, "A President Like My Father," that she would endorse Barack Obama in the 2008 U.S. presidential election. [65] Her concluding lines were: "I have never had a president who inspired me the way people tell me that my father inspired them.
A similar, expanded version of the initiative was later proposed by Barack Obama during his 2008 presidential campaign. Iraq war. During his original 2002 campaign, Emanuel "indicated his support of President Bush's position on Iraq, but said he believed the President needed to better articulate his position to the American people". [31]