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History Barack Obama

History Barack Obama Obama's Life and Legacy Barack Obama is an American politician and attorney who served as the 44th President of the United States from 2009 to 2017. He was born on August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Obama attended Occidental College in Los Angeles for two years before transferring to Columbia University in New York City, where he earned his bachelor's degree in political science. After college, he worked as a community organizer in Chicago and then attended law school at Harvard University, where he earned his law degree in 1991. Obama worked as a civil rights attorney and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. In 1996, he was elected to the Illinois State Senate, where he served until 2004. In 2004, he was elected to the United States Senate, representing Illinois. In 2008, Obama ran for president as the Democratic nominee. He defeated Republican nominee John McCain in the general elec