OVERVIEW:

BORN:
8/4/1961
Honolulu, Hawaii

EDUCATION:
Occidental College
Columbia University
Harvard Law School

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat

CAREER:
1997-2004:
Illinois Senate
2005-2008:
U.S. Senate
2009-2017:
U.S. President 
Nobel Peace Prize (2009)
2017: 
Profile in Courage Award 

FIRST LADY:

VICE PRESIDENT:

RESOURCES:

White House
Miller Center
Obama Foundation
Public Papers (National Archives)
Public Papers (American Presidency Project)
Speech Archives (White House, Miller Center)
American Presidents (C-SPAN)
Wikipedia
Farewell Speech, 1/11/2017 (Video, Transcript)

NOTABLE BOOKS:

PORTRAITS:

2008 ELECTION:

DEMOCRATS:
BARACK OBAMA (PRESIDENT)
JOE BIDEN (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 365 (67.8%)
Popular Vote: 69,456,897 (52.9%)

REPUBLICANS:
JOHN MCCAIN (PRESIDENT)
SARAH PALIN  (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 173 (32.2%)
Popular Vote: 59,934,814 (45.7%)

2009 INAUGURATION:

2009 Address (Transcript, Video, Ceremonies)
Media (WP, NYT, Front Pages )
Library of Congress (2009)
Joint Congressional Committee (2009)
Luncheon  (2009)

2012 ELECTION:

DEMOCRATS:
BARACK OBAMA (PRESIDENT)
JOE BIDEN (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 332 (61.7%)
Popular Vote: 65,899,660 (51.1%)

REPUBLICANS:
MITT ROMNEY (PRESIDENT)
PAUL RYAN  (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 206 (38.3%)
Popular Vote: 60,932,152 (47.2%)

2013 INAUGURATION:

2013 Address (Transcript, Video, Ceremonies)
Joint Congressional Committee (2013)
Luncheon (2013)
Library of Congress (2013)

OBAMA ADMINISTRATION:

CHIEF OF STAFF:
Denis R. McDonough (2013-2017)
Jacob J. Lew (2012-2013)
William Daley (2011-2012)
Pete Rouse (2010–2011)
Rahm Emanuel (2009-2010)

PRESS SECRETARY:
Josh Earnest (2014–2017)
Jay Carney (2011–2014)
Robert Gibbs (2009-2011)

SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE:
Tom Vilsack (2009-2017)

SECRETARY OF COMMERCE:
Penny Pritzker (2013-2017)
John Bryson (2011-2012)
Gary Locke (2009-2011)
Judd Gregg (Withdrawn)
Bill Richardson (Withdrawn)

SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
Ashton B. Carter (2015-2017)
Chuck Hagel (2013-2015)
Leon E. Panetta (2011-2013)
Robert M. Gates (2006-2011)

CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF:
Michael G. Mullen (2007-2011)
Martin E. Dempsey (2011-2015)
Joseph F. Dunford, Jr.  (2015-2019)

SECRETARY OF EDUCATION:
John B. King, Jr. (2016-2017)
Arne Duncan (2009-2015)

SECRETARY OF ENERGY
Ernest Moniz (2013-2017)
Steven Chu (2009-2013)

SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Sylvia Mathews Burwell (2014-2017)
Kathleen Sebelius (2009-2014)
Thomas A. Daschle (Withdrawn)

SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY:
Jeh C. Johnson (2013-2017)
Janet Napolitano (2009-2013)

SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT:
Julián Castro (2014-2017)
Shaun Donovan (2009-2014)

SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR:
Sally Jewell (2013-2017)
Ken L. Salazar (2009-2013)

ATTORNEY GENERAL
Loretta E. Lynch (2015-2017)
Eric H. Holder (2009-2015)

SECRETARY OF LABOR
Thomas E. Perez (2013-2017)
Hilda L. Solis (2009-2013)

DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY:
John O. Brennan (2013–2017)
David H. Petraeus (2011–2012)
Leon E. Panetta (2009–2011)
Michael V. Hayden (2006–2009)

DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE:
James R. Clapper (2010–2017)
Dennis C. Blair (2009–2010)
John M. McConnell (2007–2009)

NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL DIRECTOR:
Jeffrey Zients (2014–2017)
Gene Sperling (2011-2014)
Lawrence H. Summers (2009–2010)

CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS:
Christina Romer (2009-2010)
Austan Goolsbee (2010-2011)
Alan Krueger (2011-2013)
Jason Furman (2013-2017)

NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR:
Susan E. Rice (2013-2017)
Thomas E. Donilon (2010-2013)
James L. Jones (2009-2010)

SECRETARY OF STATE:
John F. Kerry (2013-2017)
Hillary Rodham Clinton (2009-2013)

SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION:
Anthony R. Foxx (2013-2017)
Ray H. LaHood (2009-2013)

SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY:
Jacob J. Lew (2013-2017)
Timothy F. Geithner (2009-2013)

UNITED NATIONS AMBASSADOR:
Samantha Power (2013-2017)
Susan Rice (2009-2013)

U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE:
Michael Froman (2013-2017)
Miriam Sapiro (2013)
Demetrios Marantis (2013)
Ron Kirk (2009-2013)

SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS :
Robert A. McDonald (2014-2017)
Eric K. Shinseki (2009-2014)

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET DIRECTOR:
Shaun Donovan (2014-2017)
Sylvia M. Burwell (2013-2014)
Jacob J. Lew (2010-2012)
Peter R. Orszag (2009-2010)

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ADMINISTRATOR:
Gina McCarthy (2013-2017)
Lisa P. Jackson (2009-2013)

CHAIRMAN OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE:
Ben S. Bernanke (2006-2014)
Janet L. Yellen (2014-2018)

OTHER STAFF/ ADVISORS:
David Axelrod
Carol M. Browner (2009-2011)
Richard Holbrooke (2009-2010)
Ronald A. Klain
Valerie Jarrett (2009-2017)
Paul A. Volcker

CABINET PHOTOS:

SUPREME COURT NOMINEES:

Sonia Sotomayor (2009- )
Elena Kagan (2010- )
Merrick B. Garland (No Action)

CONGRESS:

Speaker of the House:
Nancy Pelosi (2007-2011)
John A. Boehner (2011-2015)
Paul D. Ryan (2015-2019 )

Senate Majority Leader:
Harry M. Reid (2007-2015)
Mitch McConnell (2015- )

MEDIA COVERAGE:

Profile (VF, 3/2008)
Profile (New Yorker, 7/21/2008)
NYT Headlines from First 100 Days
Profile (NYT, 10/12/2010)
Obama’s Way (VF, 10/2012)
Profile (New Yorker, 1/27/2014)
Obama’s White House (The Hill, 2/2016)
The Obama Doctrine (The Atlantic, 4/2016)
Obama Weighs His Economic Legacy (NYT, 4/28/2016)
Profile (New Yorker, 11/28/2016)
The Obama Era (NYT, 8/2016- 1/2017)