Congressional Directory for the 113th Congress (2013-2014), February 2014.
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                            EXECUTIVE BRANCH

                              THE PRESIDENT

    BARACK H. OBAMA, Senator from Illinois and 44th President of the 
United States; born in Honolulu, Hawaii, August 4, 1961; received a B.A. 
in 1983 from Columbia University, New York City; worked as a community 
organizer in Chicago, IL; studied law at Harvard University, where he 
became the first African American president of the Harvard Law Review, 
and received a J.D. in 1991; practiced law in Chicago, IL; lecturer on 
constitutional law, University of Chicago; member, Illinois State 
Senate, 1997-2004; elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in 2004; and 
served from January 3, 2005, to November 16, 2008, when he resigned from 
office, having been elected President; family: married to Michelle; two 
children: Malia and Sasha; elected as President of the United States on 
November 4, 2008, and took the oath of office on January 20, 2009.