A member of the Democratic Party, Barack Obama was the first African-American president of the United States. He previously served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004. Obama signed many landmark bills into law during his first two years in office. He is the only president born outside the contiguous 48 states. He was born to an American mother of European descent and an African father.
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