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Rutherford B. Hayes, the 19th President of the United States, and Barack Obama, the 44th and current President of the United States, graduated from HLS.

Obama was the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review and is now the first African-American President of the United States.

His wife Michelle Obama is also a graduate of Harvard Law School.

Ma Ying-jeou, the current president of the Republic of China ( Taiwan ), received his SJD from Harvard.

Past presidential candidates who are HLS graduates include Michael Dukakis and Ralph Nader.

The plurality of US Senators with law degrees, and a significant number of Massachusetts governors, graduated from HLS as well.