Barack H. Obama
Ronald Reagan is the only U.S. President born in Illinois. He was born in Tampico, Illinois on February 6, 1911.
Barack Obama. Before him it was Richard M Nixon.
His job just before he became president was as US Senator from Illinois.
He was a senator from Illinois.
Barack Obama served as a state senator in Illinois from 1997 to 2004. He then ran for and was elected U.S. Senator. He served until 2008, at which time he resigned to run for President. Thus, in total, he was a senator (state and federal) for nearly twelve years.
Senator from Tennessee.
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Under the Constitution, the president-elect MUST be sworn in precisely at noon, January 20th. The vice president-elect is usually sworn in just before.
President Bush will hold the office until President-elect Obama is sworn in on January 20, 2009.
Senator Stephen A. Douglas made his impact in Illinois politics. He was a well known senator in the US. Illinois was the last US state he lived in. He was born in Vermont and also lived in New York. He lived from 1813 to 1861.
Vice- President Joseph Biden was a US Senator from Delaware before he became the Veep.
Lyndon B. Johnson in 1961