American President
Barack Obama (1961–)
Facts at a Glance
- Term
- 44th President of the United States (2009– )
- Born
- August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, HI
- Full Name
- Barack Hussein Obama
- Nickname
- “Barry”
- Education
- Columbia University (B.A., 1983), Harvard (J.D., 1991)
- Religion
- Christian
- Marriage
- Michelle Robinson, on October 3, 1992
- Children
- Malia Ann (1998); Natasha, known as Sasha (2001)
- Career
- Community Organizer, Public Official
- Political Party
- Democrat
- Writings
- Dreams from My Father (1995); The Audacity of Hope (2006)
- A Life in Brief
- Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States—and the first African American to serve in that office—on January 20, 2009. More »
- It’s been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America.
- November 4, 2008
Essays on Barack Obama and His Administration
- Barack Obama
- A Life in Brief
- Life Before the Presidency
- Campaigns and Elections
- Domestic Affairs
- Foreign Affairs
- Family Life
- First Lady
- Michelle Obama
- Vice President
- Joseph Biden
- Secretary of Defense
- Robert M. Gates (2009-2011)
- Leon E. Panetta (2011-2013)
- Chuck Hagel (2013- )
- Secretary of State
- Hillary Rodham Clinton (2009-2013)
- John F. Kerry (2013- )
- Secretary of the Treasury
- Timothy F. Geithner (2009-2013)
- Jack Lew (2013- )
- Attorney General
- Eric H. Holder (2009- )
- Secretary of the Interior
- Ken L. Salazar (2009- )
- Secretary of Agriculture
- Tom Vilsack (2009- )
- Secretary of Labor
- Hilda L. Solis (2009- )
- Secretary of Health and Human Services
- Kathleen Sebelius (2009- )
- Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
- Shaun Donovan (2009- )
- Secretary of Transportation
- Ray LaHood (2009- )
- Secretary of Energy
- Steven Chu (2009- )
- Secretary of Education
- Arne Duncan (2009- )
- Secretary of Veterans' Affairs
- Eric Shinseki (2009- )
- Secretary of Homeland Security
- Janet Napolitano (2009- )
- Secretary of Commerce
- Gary Locke (2009-2011)
- John Bryson (2011-2012)
Consulting Editor: Michael Nelson
Professor Nelson is the Fulmer Professor of Political Science at Rhodes College and a nonresident senior fellow at the Miller Center. He has published twenty-three books, including:
The Elections of 2008 (CQ Press, 2009)
The American Presidency: Origins and Development, 1776–2007 (with Sidney Milkis, CQ Press, 2007)
How the South Joined the Gambling Nation: The Politics of State Policy Innovation (with John Lyman Mason, LSU Press, 2008), which won the V.O. Key Award for Outstanding Book on Southern Politics.
Presidential Speeches
Below are selections from the Miller Center’s Barack Obama speech collection.
Scholarship and Speakers
The Miller Center of Public Affairs is a national nonpartisan center to research, reflect, and report on American government, with special attention to the central role and history of the presidency. Below is a selection of Miller Center resources on Barack Obama.
Watch
NBC News Political Director Chuck Todd discuss Politics: 2007–2008 at the Miller
Center.
Watch
Todd Purham, national editor and political correspondent for Vanity Fair, discuss
The 2008 Elections: A Preview at the
Miller Center.
Watch
the Miller Center’s 2007 conference on Partisan Rancor and American
Democracy.
Scripps Library Reference Resources
Below are links to reference resources prepared by the Miller Center’s Scripps Library, designed to help students and scholars conduct their research quickly.
Information on Barack Obama’s Private and Public Papers
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