Name:
Date of Birth:
George Bush
12 June 1924
George Bush played in 10 movies in the Documentary, History, Music, War, Comedy, News genres.
George Bush got succeed with average imdb rating 7.5.
Son, George W. Bush, was elected President. [2000]
Born at 11:30am-EDT.
Forty-first president of the United States of America. [1989-1993]
Graduated from Yale University.
His wife, Barbara Bush, suffers from a thyroid ailment called Graves' disease.
Director of the CIA (1976-77).
U.S. congressional representative from Texas (1967-71).
Served as Vice President of the United States (1981-1989)
Member of Phi Beta Kappa honor society while at Yale.
Children: George W. Bush (b. 6 July 1946), Pauline Robinson "Robin" (20 December 1949 - 11 October 1953), Jeb Bush (b. 11 February 1953), Neil Bush (b. 22 January 1955), Marvin Bush (b. 22 October 1956) and Doro Bush (b. 18 August 1959).
... Daughter Pauline Robinson Bush died of leukemia.
Son, George W. Bush, became the 43rd president elect, on Dec. 13, 2000, 36 days after election day, because of legal battles over results in Florida. George W is only the 2nd president's son in history to be elected to office. The other was John Adams' son.
Is left-handed.
Portrayed by Dana Carvey on "Saturday Night Live" (1975). He invited Carvey and his wife to visit the White House.
Was the U. S. ambassador to the U. N. from 1971-73. He was appointed by Richard Nixon.
Served in the U.S. Navy as a fighter pilot during the Second World War and was engaged in numerous combat missions.
When his son George W. Bush became the President of the United States, he became known as George H. W. Bush.
Has his look-alike puppet in the French show "Les guignols de l'info" (1988).
Fourth cousin seven times removed of Benedict Arnold.
Fifth cousin four times removed of President Franklin Pierce.
Seventh cousin three times removed of President Theodore Roosevelt.
Seventh cousin four times removed of President Abraham Lincoln.
Eighth cousin once removed of Winston Churchill.
Ninth cousin twice removed of Marilyn Monroe.
Tenth cousin once removed of Vice President Dan Quayle.
Eleventh cousin once removed of President Gerald Ford.
Son of former U.S. Senator Prescott Bush, father of Florida governor Jeb Bush.
The golfing award known as the Walker Cup is named after his grandfather, George Herbert Walker.
Has both a son and grandson partially named after him. His oldest son, George Walker Bush, was Governor of Texas and succeeded him as president, though he has no sons of his own. His second son, Jeb Bush, has a son named George Prescott Bush.
Of the last five Presidents of the United States, he is the only one who has not served as a state Governor. Jimmy Carter had been Governor of Georgia, Ronald Reagan had been Governor of California, Bill Clinton had been Governor of Arkansas, and his son George W. Bush was Governor of Texas.
Like his wife Barbara, he has had a building in Houston renamed in his honor. Houston Intercontinental Airport was renamed Bush Intercontinental Airport in 1997, while his son was Governor of Texas. The Cypress Creek Library was remodeled and renamed the Barbara Bush library in 2003.
In the 1988 Presidential election, early national public opinion polls showed Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis with a 17 percentage point lead over Bush. Bush eventually tallied 48,886,597 popular votes, representing 53.4% of the total to Dukakis' 41,809,476 votes (45.6%). In the electoral college, Bush won 40 states worth 426 electoral votes to Dukakis' 10 states and the District of Columbia worth a total of 111 electoral votes. (Dukakis' running mate, Lloyd Bentsen, received one electoral vote for President.).
At Yale University, Bush captained the Yale baseball team that played in the first College World Series.
His father, Prescott (Yale 1917) was a Senator from Connecticut who served during the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations (1953-63).
While attending Yale and captaining the baseball team, Bush met and was photographed with the legendary 'Babe Ruth'. In 1991, U.S. magazine Entertainment Weekly highlighted a baseball card Bush had taken from this period. Collectors were bidding for its value being near the end of his Office term.
Named his upstart oil company Zapata Oil, after the Marlon Brando film Viva Zapata! (1952).
As of January 2009, he has been married for the longest time out of any U.S. President (64 years).
On December 26, 2006, after the death of 93-year-old Gerald Ford, Bush became the oldest living current/former president at the age of 82, a little less than 5 months older than Jimmy Carter. By interesting coincidence his son, current President George W. Bush, and former President Bill Clinton were also born the same year, with Bush 44 days older than Clinton. This neatly divides the four current/former Presidents into two groups: a Democrat and a Republican born in 1924, and a Democrat and a Republican President born in 1946.
Had his left hip replaced in December 2000.
Underwent surgery for skin cancer in August 2002.
In 2004, it was reported that for a series of speeches in China, he was paid between $125,000 and $150,000 per speech.
Is played by James Cromwell (who is eight inches taller than he is) in W. (2008/I).
In January 2009, the US Navy commissioned the "U.S.S. George H.W. Bush" Nimitz class aircraft carrier into service in Norfolk, Virginia. The carrier was named for the former US President and was the last in the Nimitz class series.
Grandfather of Barbara Bush, Jenna Bush and Lauren Bush.
Uncle of Billy Bush.
Has publicly stated that he was a civilian businessman in the oil business until he was elected to the House of Representatives in 1966. However, declassified memos show that he was working for the CIA in 1963, and corresponded with J. Edgar Hoover about the Kennedy assassination.
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