Former US presidents Barack Obama, George W Bush, Bill Clinton and current House speaker Nancy Pelosi have delivered eulogies for congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis. Hailing him as a founding father for “a fuller, better” America, Obama also praised Lewis’s influence on his own path to the presidency. Democrat colleague Clinton said Lewis believed “none of us will be free until all of us are equal” while Bush said he lived in a better and nobler country because of the congressman’s life work
In This Story: Barack Obama
Barack Obama is an American politician and attorney who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was the first African-American president of the United States. He previously served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.
Obama left office in January 2017 and continues to reside in Washington, D.C.
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In This Story: Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Patricia Pelosi is an American politician serving as a congresswoman from California and the speaker of the United States House of Representatives. A member of the Democratic Party, Pelosi is the only woman in U.S. history to serve as Speaker and the highest-ranking female elected official in United States history. She is also the dean of California’s congressional delegation. As House speaker, Pelosi is second in the presidential line of succession, after the vice president.