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Illinois Senate career of Barack Obama

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Date of birth	August 4, 1961(age 54)
Place of birth	Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.
Nationality	American
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Michelle Obama (m. 1992)
Children	Malia Ann (b. 1998), Natasha ("Sasha") (b. 2001)
Residence	(Kenwood), Chicago, Illinois
Alma mater	Harvard Law School Columbia University Occidental College
Profession	Attorney / Politician
Member of the Illinois Senate from the 13th district
In office	January 8, 1997 - November 4, 2004
Succeeded by	Kwame Raoul
Preceded by	Alice J. Palmer

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The Illinois Senate career of Barack Obama stretched from 1997 (when Barack Obama was sworn in to his first term in the Illinois Senate) to 2004 (when he was elected to the United States Senate). Starting in 1993 and throughout his state senate career, Obama also taught constitutional law part-time at the University of Chicago Law School, as a Lecturer from 1992 to 1996 and as a Senior Lecturer from 1996 � 2004, when he was elected to the U.S. Senate.

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