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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TexasBUSH, George Herbert Walker
(1924—)
BUSH, George Herbert Walker, (son of Prescott Sheldon Bush, father of President George W. Bush), a Representative from Texas and a Vice President of the United States and 41st President of the United States; born in Milton, Suffolk County, Mass., June 12, 1924; graduated, Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. 1942; graduated Yale University 1948; lieutenant (jg.) United States Navy 1942-1945; formed Bush-Overby Oil Development, Inc., Midland, Tex. 1951; helped organize Zapata Petroleum Corp., Midland, Tex. 1953, and first president of Zapata Off-Shore Co., Midland, Tex. 1954; unsuccessful nominee in 1964 to the United States Senate; elected as a Republican to the Ninetieth Congress; reelected to the Ninety-first Congress (January 3, 1967-January 3, 1971); was not a candidate for reelection in 1970 to the House of Representatives but was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate; United States Ambassador to the United Nations 1971-1973; chairman, Republican National Committee 1973-1974; chief United States liaison officer, People’s Republic of China 1974-1976; director, Central Intelligence Agency 1976-1977; unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in 1980, but was elected Vice President of the United States on the Republican ticket with President Ronald Reagan, November 4, 1980, and reelected 1984; Vice President of the United States 1981-1989; elected President of the United States in 1988, and was inaugurated on January 20, 1989; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1992; is a resident of Houston, Tex.
Bibliography
Bush, George. Heartbeart: George Bush in his Own Words
. Compiled and edited by Jim McGrath. New York: Scribner, 2001; King, Nicholas. George Bush, A Biography
. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1980.
Bush, George. All the Best, George Bush: My Life in Letters and Other Writings
. New York: Scribner, 1999.
Bush, George. Heartbeart: George Bush in his Own Words
. Compiled and edited by Jim McGrath. New York: Scribner, 2001.
Bush, George, with Victor Gold. Looking Forward.
Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1987.
Green, Fitzhugh. George Bush: an Intimate Portrait.
New York: Hippocrene Books, 1989.
Green, Fitzhugh, and Brent Scowcroft. A World Transformed.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998.
Greene, John Robert. The Presidency of George Bush
. Lawrence, Kans.: University Press of Kansas, 2000.
Hyams, Joe. Flight of the Avenger: George Bush at War.
San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1991.
King, Nicholas. George Bush, A Biography
New York: Dodd Mead, 1980.
Parmet, Herbert S. George Bush: The Life of a Lone Star Yankee.
New Brunswick: Transaction, 2001.
Stinnett, Robert B. George Bush: His World War II Years.
1991. Reprint, Washington: Brassey’s, 1992.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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