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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, Peoples 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.
BibliographyBush, 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.
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