Photograph of the inaugural swearing-in ceremony of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States in front of the west wing of the U. S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on January 20, 2009 as the first African-American to be elected as a U.S. President.

PRESIDENTS WHOSE FATHERS DIED WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG - Barack Obama is the most recent U.S. President whose father died or left when he was young, with the consequence that he was primarily raised by his mother and grandparents. Other Presidents who were primarily raised by their mothers included: (1) President George Washington; (2) President Thomas Jefferson; (3) President Andrew Jackson; (4) President Andrew Johnson; (5) President Rutherford B. Hayes; (6) President James Garfield; (7) President Franklin D. Roosevelt; (8) President Gerald Ford; and (9) President Bill Clinton.