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By being elected.
Barack Obama
No, Obama was a Senator before being elected president
If you are asking what position he held before being elected president, he was elected a state senator in Illinois in 1996, and in 2004, he was elected to the U.S. Senate.
No. The 22nd Amendment prohibits an individual from being elected for more than two Presidential terms. Obama was elected for his 2 terms.
Before becoming president, Barack Obama was elected to the Illinois state senate in 1996, and he was then elected to serve as a U.S. Senator from Illinois: he won that election in 2004.
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President Obama being elected.
He was elected into office by the citizens of the United States.
He was a Senator for Illinois.
Barack Obama was first elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1996. He was re-elected several times. Then, in 2004, he was elected a U.S. Senator. He served about twelve years total in the state and the U.S. senate, before being elected president in 2008.
Gerald Ford took over office without being elected. Hope you liked? Ciao~