George Herbert Walker Bush

“Herby”

George H. W. Bush

(1989 – 1993)

Republican

• Born Milton,

Massachusetts

World War II

58 Combat Missions

September 2, 1944 Mission

• Hit by enemy fire –engine on fire

• Delivered the bombs on target

• Ejected and parachute snagged on tail

• Hit water and cut face

• Stung by Portuguese Man-O-War

• 4 hours in water

• Rescued by submarine USS Finback

• Earned Distinguished Flying Cross

Bush Library

Yale Degree

-Economics (2 ½ years)

Co-Founder of Bush-Overbey Oil

Company

Incredible Political Resume

Served 2 terms in

the US House of

Representatives

(1967 – 1971)

United Nations Ambassador

(1971 – 1973)

Chairman of the Republican Party

(1973 - 1974)

Chief Liaison to People’s

Republic of China

(1974 – 1975)

Director of Central Intelligence

Agency

(1976 – 1977)

Vice-President (1981 - 1989)

Herby: The Man for the Job

• House of Representatives

• United Nations Ambassador

• Chairman of the Republican Party

• Chief Liaison to PRC

• Director of Central Intelligence Agency

• Vice-President

1988 Republican Convention

“A kinder, gentler nation”

VP Bush vs. Gov. Dukakis

1988 Election

“Read my lips: No new taxes”

1988 Electoral Map

Approval Rating

2nd Highest Ever

89% (March 1991)

5th Lowest Ever

29% (August 1992)

Herby Fun Facts

First US President with

2 middle names.

•Herbert

•Walker

2nd Father-Son Presidential Combo

CIA Headquarters renamed George

Bush Center for Intelligence (1999)

Stepping stone to the Presidency?

• First serving

Vice-President

to be elected

since

Martin Van Buren (1836)

Herby and Horseshoes

“I’m the

President of

the United

States and

I’m not going

to eat any

broccoli.”

What food was banned in

the White House?

“We need a nation closer to the

Waltons than to the Simpsons!”

New BFFs

George H. W. Bush Presidential Library

College Station, Texas

George H. W. Bush Presidential Library

Future Gravesite

Reopening His Museum (2007)

Age

83

Age

85