when was barack obama first elected president
President Barack Obama was elected the first African-American president of the United States on November 5, 2008, transcending centuries of inequality in America. Introduction. On November 4, 2008, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois was elected president of the United States over Senator John McCain of Arizona. Obama became the 44th president, and the first African American to be elected to that office. He was subsequently elected to a second term over former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney.