When Palmer's congressional campaign faltered, she decided to run for reelection instead. Republicans controlled the state senate, and many of his black Democratic colleagues resented the hardball tactics he had employed against Palmer. But he adapted, developing cordial personal relations with legislators of both parties and cultivating Senate Democratic leader Emil Jones Jr. Obama was able to get campaign finance reform and crime legislation enacted even when his party was in the minority, and after , when the Democrats won control of the Senate, he became a leading legislator on a wide range of issues, passing nearly bills aimed at helping children, old people, labor unions, and the poor.
Rush remained in the House; he was reelected to his thirteenth consecutive term in Returning to the state senate, Obama began eyeing a race for the US Senate seat held by Peter Fitzgerald, an unpopular first-term Republican who decided not to run for reelection. Bush to launch a war to depose the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, Obama spoke at an antiwar rally in Chicago. What I am opposed to is a rash war. Advised by political consultant David Axelrod, who had a strong record of helping black candidates succeed in majority-white constituencies, Obama assembled a coalition of African Americans and white liberals to win the Democratic Senate primary with 53 percent of the vote, more than all five of his opponents combined.
He then moved toward the political center to wage his general election campaign against Republican nominee Jack Ryan, an attractive candidate who, after making hundreds of millions of dollars as an investor, had left the business world to teach in an inner-city Chicago school. Obama won by the largest margin in the history of Senate elections in Illinois, 70 percent to 27 percent. Bush 64 years days 7 12 Zachary Taylor 64 years days 8 34 Dwight D.
Ford 61 years 26 days 12 33 Harry S. Truman 60 years days 13 5 James Monroe 58 years days 14 4 James Madison 57 years days 15 3 Thomas Jefferson 57 years days 16 6 John Quincy Adams 57 years days 17 1 George Washington 57 years 68 days 18 17 Andrew Johnson 56 years days 19 28 Woodrow Wilson 56 years 66 days 20 37 Richard M. Nixon 56 years 11 days 21 24 Grover Cleveland 55 years days 22 23 Benjamin Harrison 55 years days 23 29 Warren G.
Harding 55 years days 24 36 Lyndon B. Obama chose Joseph R. Biden Jr. Biden had been a U. They worked to bring new voters—many of them young or Black, both demographics they believed favored Obama—to become involved in the election. With several weeks remaining, most polls showed Obama as the frontrunner. On November 4, lines at polling stations around the nation heralded a historic turnout and resulted in a Democratic victory, with Obama capturing some Republican strongholds Virginia , Indiana and key battleground states Florida , Ohio that had been won by Republicans in recent elections.
We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America, I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you, we as a people will get there. To address the financial crisis he inherited, he passed a stimulus bill, bailed out the struggling auto industry and Wall Street, and gave working families a tax cut.
In the foreign policy arena, Obama opened up talks with Cuba, Iran, and Venezuela and set a withdrawal date for American troops in Iraq. Barack Obama was reelected for a second term in , beating out Republican Mitt Romney and his running mate Paul Ryan. The midterm elections proved challenging, as Republicans gained a majority in both houses of Congress. His second term was marked by several international events, including the killing of Osama bin Laden , the mastermind of the September 11 Attacks , by Seal Team Six on May 2, No Americans were lost in the operation, which gathered evidence about Al-Qaeda.
In , Obama came out strongly against the use of chemical weapons on civilians by Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, avoiding a direct strike on Syria when al-Assad agreed to accept a Russian proposal that it relinquish its chemical weapons. Perhaps the defining moment of his international diplomacy was his work on the Iran Nuclear Deal , which allowed inspectors into Iran to ensure it was under the pledged limit of enriched uranium in return for lifting economic sanctions.
But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! Subscribe for fascinating stories connecting the past to the present. Michelle Obama , the wife of 44th U. Several unelected current-leaders also, came in to power at an even earlier age than this; as North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, assumed office at the age of 28 possibly 27 , while the King of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, ascended to the throne at the age of In contrast to this, US presidents must be at least 35 years old upon their inauguration.
While there are many current monarchs or heads of state in their 80s and 90s, very few of them were elected to office; the oldest elected state leaders in recent years were now-retired Mahathir bin Mohamad of Malaysia, who was two months shy of 93 when elected to office in , and the current President of Lebanon, Michel Aoun, who was over 81 years old when first elected to power.
The Queen of England will turn 95 in April this year, while Pope Francis will celebrate his 85th birthday in December. Loading statistic Show source. Download for free You need to log in to download this statistic Register for free Already a member? Log in. Show detailed source information? Register for free Already a member? More information. Supplementary notes. Other statistics on the topic.
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