Won election as President with no substantial prior notoriety, overcoming a strong Democratic candidate in Ms. Clinton, a popular "maverick" Republican candidat

Won election as President with no substantial prior notoriety, overcoming a strong Democratic candidate in Ms. Clinton, a popular "maverick" Republican candidate, and did it all while being black and wearing "Hussein" as a middle name. Further strategic arms limitations treaties negotiated with Russia. Osama bin Laden. Withdrew from Iraq as promised and on schedule. Set a timetable for withdrawal from Afghanistan and, so far, every indication of sticking to that. Shifted American strategic policy away from Cold War Europe plans over to the Asia-Pacific. "ObamaCare", which if you think is not notable, can only mean you're not paying attention... Hillary herself had tried to push for health care reform in 1994 and been utterly and completely stonewalled. Managed to get re-elected as a black president, in a fairly decisive victory against a very capable Republican opponent (for everyone who was afraid of Romney's Mormonism there were 3 who were happy the GOP had finally fielded a not-crazy candidate). But either way, 100 years is a fairly long period of time, especially in the Age of the Internet. Ask your average person the difference between the accomplishments of McKinley, Harding, or Taft and they'll just stare at you and drool. If you're lucky they'll have at least heard of Woodrow Wilson and Teddy Roosevelt.