US Presidents and 2008 Election

Sarah Palin, then Governor of Alaska, was the Republican vice-presidential nominee in 2008, running alongside presidential nominee John McCain. They lost to the Obama-Biden Democratic ticket.

Joe Biden represented Delaware in the U.S. Senate from 1973 to 2009 before becoming Vice President. Delaware was his home state throughout his long Senate career of 36 years.

John McCain was the Republican presidential nominee in 2008, running against Barack Obama. McCain, a Vietnam War veteran and long-serving Arizona Senator, chose Sarah Palin as his running mate.

Barack Obama was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in the 2008 US election.

John McCain served as a U.S. Senator from the state of Arizona for many years.

Joe Biden was the Democratic nominee for Vice President in the 2008 election. Barack Obama was the presidential nominee, while John McCain and Sarah Palin were the Republican ticket.

Barack Obama served as a United States Senator representing the state of Illinois from 2005 until his resignation in 2008 after being elected President.

The 22nd Amendment to the US Constitution limits a president to two elected terms. George W. Bush had already served two full terms by 2008.

John F. Kennedy was a sitting US Senator from Massachusetts when he was elected president in 1960. While others like Obama or Harding were senators, Kennedy is the most prominent historical example often cited in this context.

The 22nd Amendment, ratified in 1951, established the two-term limit for the presidency. It was passed following the four-term presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to four terms as president. He suffered from paralytic illness, commonly attributed to polio, which left him unable to walk unaided.

The 2008 election was historic because it featured two sitting senators (Obama and McCain), the first African American major party nominee, and candidates born in non-contiguous states (Hawaii and the Panama Canal Zone).

George Washington was the first President of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797.

Franklin D. Roosevelt is the only US president to have served more than two terms. He was elected to four terms, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945.

William Henry Harrison served the shortest term in US presidential history. He died of pneumonia just 31 days after his inauguration in 1841.

Abraham Lincoln was the first US president to be assassinated. He was shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre in 1865.

John Adams was the first Vice President and the second President of the United States, serving from 1797 to 1801.

Jimmy Carter was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts.

Jimmy Carter was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.

Bill Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives in 1998 on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice, stemming from the Monica Lewinsky scandal.

John McCain was born on August 29, 1936, and Barack Obama was born on August 4, 1961. The difference is approximately 24 years and 340 days.

Barack Obama won the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination after a long and competitive primary campaign against Hillary Clinton.