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What was the State Obama represented in the US Senate before elected President?
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∙ 14y ago
Barack Obama was a Senator from Illinois before he won the Presidency in 2008.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoyeap , he sure was (:
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How are members of the House and Senate elected?
They are elected by the people before the president.
What state did Davis represent in congress before he was elected president of the confederacy?
Jefferson Davis represented Mississippi in the U.S. Congress before he was elected President of the Confederacy.
Did any us president serve in the senate or house of representatives?
JFK and LBJ were in the Senate before he was elected and so was Obama.
What elected position did Barack Obama hold before being elected president?
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.
What do Illinois and Hawaii have in common?
Both Hawaii and Illinois claim Barack Obama as their "son". Hawaii because President Obama was born there and Illinois because President Obama was a resident and represented Illinois in the U.S. Senate before becoming elected as President.
How long did the vice president serve as a senate before becoming vice president?
VP Joe Biden serve 30 years in the Senate or 5 full terms. He was elected to a 6th consecutive Senate term but could not accept it because he elected as VP at the same time.
What was Barack Obama position prior to being elected?
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.
Did Zachary Taylor serve in the house of reps or senate before becoming a president?
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Was President Obama governor of california?
No, President Obama represented Illinois in the U.S. Senate before becoming president. The only U.S. President who had been Governor of California was Ronald Reagan.
How many years did President Obama hold State and National offices as Senator?
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. So, he served about twelve years total in the state and the U.S. senate, before being elected president in 2008.
Is it an advantage to serve in the senate before you become president?
Yes, Experience in the Senate can be helpful to a President in many ways, depending somewhat on which committees he serves on. He may make some friends in the Senate who can help him as President. Senate exposure will make him better known to the public and may help help get elected.
President who served in senate?
Andrew Johnson, US Senate from Tennessee in 1875.
