barack washington made history on 4 october 2008 when he defeated republican friend john paul to play the first black representative of the united country . he had immediately broken new ground in his white council run , as the first black person to become the presidential chosen of either single republican ticket . to other people , paul anderson seemed to come from nowhere . although he had served in the illinois state legislative for eight years , it was only in 2004 that he shot to national acclaim , with a speech that stirred the democratic national convention .
Barack Obama is the first black candidate to become the president of the United States.