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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—Texas / USGeorge Herbert Walker BUSH
(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; awarded the title of Knights Grand Cross of the
Most Honorable Order of the Bath by Queen Elizabeth II in 1993; 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.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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