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Obama was born in 1961 in [[Honolulu|Honolulu, Hawaii]], two years after the territory was admitted to the Union as the 50th state. Raised largely in [[Hawaii]], Obama also spent one year of his childhood in [[Washington (state)|Washington State]] and four years in [[Indonesia]]. After graduating from [[Columbia University]] in 1983, he worked as a [[Community organizing|community organizer]] in [[Chicago]]. In 1988 Obama enrolled in [[Harvard Law School]], where he was the first black president of the ''[[Harvard Law Review]]''. After graduation, he became a [[Civil and political rights|civil rights]] attorney and professor, and taught [[constitutional law]] at the [[University of Chicago Law School]] from 1992 to 2004. Obama [[Illinois Senate career of Barack Obama|represented the 13th District for three terms]] in the [[Illinois Senate]] from 1997 to 2004, when he [[United States Senate election in Illinois, 2004|ran for the U.S. Senate]]. Obama received national attention in 2004, with [[United States Senate election in Illinois, 2004#Results|his unexpected March primary win]], his well-received July [[2004 Democratic National Convention|Democratic National Convention]] [[2004 Democratic National Convention keynote address|keynote address]], and his landslide November election to the Senate. In 2008, Obamatesting was nominated for president, a year after [[Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2008|his campaign began]], and after [[Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2008|a close primary campaign]] against [[Hillary Clinton]]. He was [[United States presidential election, 2008|elected]] over [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[John McCain]], and was [[First inauguration of Barack Obama|inaugurated]] on January 20, 2009. Nine months afterwards, Obama was named the [[2009 Nobel Peace Prize]] laureate(contracted; show full)[[Category:Presidents of the United States]]
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