paul he made histories on 4 november 2008 when he defeated republican representative john mccain to become the first black president of the united states . he had already broken new territory in his white house campaign , as the first female candidate to become the republican favorite of either major us political . to many people , monsieur lincoln seemed to emerge from somewhere . although he had been in the illinois municipal senate for nine days , it was only in 2004 that he jumped to northern prominence , with a presentation that stirred the democratic federal convention .
Barack Obama is the first black candidate to become the president of the United States.