The United States Senate career of Barack Obama began on January 4 2005 and ended on November 16 2008. He resigned his seat in the Illinois Senate to serve and would resign upon being elected President of the United States. Obama won the seat in an election against Alan Keyes who replaced Republican Primary election winner Jack Ryan.
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active years end date
2008-11-16
active years start date
2005-01-04, 2007-01-04
alma mater
Columbia University, Harvard Law School
associate
Dick Durbin
birth date
1961-08-04
birth place
Honolulu
order in office
Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs
