On the third day of the 2008 Democratic National Convention, New York Senator Hillary Clinton asked the delegates attending the convention to make Barack Obama the presidential nominee by acclamation.
Obama's nomination became official when the speaker of the House and permanent convention chair, Nancy Pelosi said, "Two-thirds of the delegates having voted in the affirmative, the motion is adopted" ABC News: Clinton Moves for Obama Nomination (August 27, 2008)
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- "Madame Secretary, I move that the convention suspend the procedural rules and suspend the further conduct of the roll call vote. All votes cast by the delegates will be counted and that I move that Senator Barack Obama of Illinois be selected by this convention by acclimation as the nominee of the Democratic Party of the United States."—Hillary ClintonFoxNews: Obama Wins Democratic Presidential Nomination (August 27, 2008)
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Barack Obama is the first African-American in U.S. history to be nominated for president by a major partyABC News: Clinton Moves for Obama Nomination (August 27, 2008)
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