Born: June 12, 1924 in Milton, MA

College/University: Yale

Religion: Episcopalian

Occupation/Profession: U.S. Congress, Ambassador to the UN, U.S. envoy to China, Director of the CIA

Military Rank: Lieutenant

Spouse: Barbara Pierce

Children: George W., John Ellis (Jeb), Pauline Robinson (died in 1953 of leukemia), Dorothy Bush Koch, Marvin, Neil Mallon

President number: 41

Political party: Republican

Runner up: Michael Dukakis

Vice President: J. Danforth Quayle

Age at Inauguration: 59

Served: 1989-1993

Number of terms: 1

Other Offices/Commissions: 1971-1973: U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations

Died: November 30, 2018

Other Interesting Facts and Trivia:

– Bush was born into a wealthy family. His father was a senator from Connecticut.

– After graduation from boarding school, Bush joined the Navy to fight in World War II.

– After World War II, Bush went to Yale University and then moved to Texas. He worked in the oil industry.

– Bush initiated Operation Desert Storm – protecting Kuwait, an oil-rich country, from Iraq.

– Bush was the Navy’s youngest pilot during World War II.

– George H.W. Bush is father to George W. Bush – the 43rd president of the United States. There was only one other father/son pair – John Adams and John Quincy Adams.

 

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