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Barack Obama, 43rd President

Explore the Obama administration (20092013). View events, executive orders, leadership positions, court cases, and key policy decisions that shaped American governance.

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Joe Biden

2021–2025

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2017–2021 (1st term)

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Barack Obama

2013–2017 (2nd term)

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Barack Obama

2009–2013 (1st term)

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George W. Bush

2005–2009 (2nd term)

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George W. Bush

2001–2005 (1st term)

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Bill Clinton

1997–2001 (2nd term)

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Bill Clinton

1993–1997 (1st term)

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George H.W. Bush

1989–1993

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Ronald Reagan

1985–1989 (2nd term)

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Ronald Reagan

1981–1985 (1st term)

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Jimmy Carter

1977–1981

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Gerald Ford

1974–1977

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Richard Nixon

1969–1974

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson

1965–1969 (2nd term)

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson

1963–1965 (1st term)

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John F. Kennedy

1961–1963

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Dwight Eisenhower

1957–1961 (2nd term)

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Dwight Eisenhower

1953–1957 (1st term)

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Harry S. Truman

1945–1953

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

1945–1945 (4th term)

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

1941–1945 (3rd term)

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

1937–1941 (2nd term)

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

1933–1937 (1st term)

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Herbert Hoover

1929–1933

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Calvin Coolidge

1923–1929

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Warren G. Harding

1921–1923

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Woodrow Wilson

1917–1921 (2nd term)

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Woodrow Wilson

1913–1917 (1st term)

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William Howard Taft

1909–1913

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Theodore Roosevelt

1905–1909 (2nd term)

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Theodore Roosevelt

1901–1905 (1st term)

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William McKinley

1901–1901 (2nd term)

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William McKinley

1897–1901 (1st term)

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Grover Cleveland

1893–1897 (2nd term)

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Benjamin Harrison

1889–1893

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Grover Cleveland

1885–1889 (1st term)

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Chester A. Arthur

1881–1885

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James A. Garfield

1881–1881

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Rutherford B. Hayes

1877–1881

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Ulysses S. Grant

1873–1877 (2nd term)

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Ulysses S. Grant

1869–1873 (1st term)

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Andrew Johnson

1865–1869

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Abraham Lincoln

1865–1865 (2nd term)

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Abraham Lincoln

1861–1865 (1st term)

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James Buchanan

1857–1861

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Franklin Pierce

1853–1857

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Millard Fillmore

1850–1853

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Zachary Taylor

1849–1850

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James K. Polk

1845–1849

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John Tyler

1841–1845

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William Henry Harrison

1841–1841

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Martin Van Buren

1837–1841

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Andrew Jackson

1833–1837 (2nd term)

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Andrew Jackson

1829–1833 (1st term)

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John Quincy Adams

1825–1829

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James Monroe

1821–1825 (2nd term)

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James Monroe

1817–1821 (1st term)

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James Madison

1813–1817 (2nd term)

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James Madison

1809–1813 (1st term)

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Thomas Jefferson

1805–1809 (2nd term)

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Thomas Jefferson

1801–1805 (1st term)

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John Adams

1797–1801

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George Washington

1793–1797 (2nd term)

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George Washington

1789–1793 (1st term)

13635

Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay

Dec 27, 2012
Barack Obama
Executive Office of the President
13634

Reestablishment of Advisory Commission

Dec 21, 2012
Barack Obama
Executive Office of the President
13633

Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on Monday, December 24, 2012

Dec 21, 2012
Barack Obama
Executive Office of the President
13632

Establishing the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force

Dec 7, 2012
Barack Obama
Executive Office of the President
13631

Reestablishment of Advisory Group

Dec 7, 2012
Barack Obama
Executive Office of the President
13630

Establishment of an Interagency Task Force on Commercial Advocacy

Dec 6, 2012
Barack Obama
Executive Office of the President
13629

Establishing the White House Homeland Security Partnership Council

Oct 26, 2012
Barack Obama
Executive Office of the President
13628

Authorizing the Implementation of Certain Sanctions Set Forth in the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 and Additional Sanctions With Respect to Iran

Oct 9, 2012
Barack Obama
Executive Office of the President
13627

Strengthening Protections Against Trafficking in Persons in Federal Contracts

Sep 25, 2012
Barack Obama
Executive Office of the President
13626

Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration

Sep 10, 2012
Barack Obama
Executive Office of the President
13625

Improving Access to Mental Health Services for Veterans, Service Members, and Military Families

Aug 31, 2012
Barack Obama
Executive Office of the President
13624

Accelerating Investment in Industrial Energy Efficiency

Aug 30, 2012
Barack Obama
Executive Office of the President
13623

Preventing and Responding to Violence Against Women and Girls Globally

Aug 10, 2012
Barack Obama
Executive Office of the President
13622

Authorizing Additional Sanctions With Respect to Iran

Jul 30, 2012
Barack Obama
Executive Office of the President
13621

White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans

Jul 26, 2012
Barack Obama
Executive Office of the President
13620

Taking Additional Steps to Address the National Emergency With Respect to Somalia

Jul 20, 2012
Barack Obama
Executive Office of the President
13619

Blocking Property of Persons Threatening the Peace, Security, or Stability of Burma

Jul 11, 2012
Barack Obama
Executive Office of the President
13618

Assignment of National Security and Emergency Preparedness Communications Functions

Jul 6, 2012
Barack Obama
Executive Office of the President
13617

Blocking Property of the Government of the Russian Federation Relating to the Disposition of Highly Enriched Uranium Extracted From Nuclear Weapons

Jun 25, 2012
Barack Obama
Executive Office of the President
13616

Accelerating Broadband Infrastructure Deployment

Jun 14, 2012
Barack Obama
Executive Office of the President