div class=trans-pagebutton class=gotoPage data-page=1Page 1button div class=trans-imageimg data-url=documentthe-washington-washington-post-staff-writers-sen-barack-obama-of-illinois-was-elect-htmlpage=1 data-page=1 class=trans-thumb lazyload alt=Page 1: The Washington Postmediawashingtonpostcomwp-srvgraphicscommemorativepdfWashington Post Staff Writers Sen Barack Obama of Illinois was elect- ed the nations 44th president yesterday loading=lazy src=data:imagegifbase64iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mM8Uw8AAh0BTZud3BwAAAAASUVORK5CYII= data-src=https:reader034fdocumentsusreader034viewer20220424055f1ea9882e70be0f834727abhtml5thumbnails1jpg width=140 height=200 divdiv