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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Bush family</a> of Texas and Massachusetts</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. These groupings — even the names of the groupings, and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have, not the choices of any historian or genealogist. <table align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Perrin Walker (1778-1858) — also known as William P. Walker — of Massachusetts. Born in Lenox, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-born.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1778/10-08.html">October 8, 1778</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a>, 1810; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/stsen.html">Massachusetts state senate</a>, 1820; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/gvcn.html">Massachusetts Governor's Council</a>, 1820; probate judge in Massachusetts, 1824-48. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Died in Lenox, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-died.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/11-11.html">November 11, 1858</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 34 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-buried.html#cms08434">Church on the Hill Cemetery</a>, Lenox, Mass. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Sarah (Woodruff) Walker and William Walker; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1807/01-29.html">January 29, 1807</a>, to Lucy Adam; father-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rockwell.html#509.48.99">Julius Rockwell</a>; father of Sarah Woodruff Walker (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis2.html#609.32.89">David Davis</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10386.html">Bush family</a> of Texas and Massachusetts.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/17660795">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Julius Rockwell (1805-1888) — of Pittsfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass. Born in Colebrook, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-born.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1805/04-26.html">April 26, 1805</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a>, 1834; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives</a>, 1835-37, 1858; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> 7th District, 1843-51; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Massachusetts</a>, 1854-55; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Massachusetts</a>, 1855; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1864/MA.html">1864</a>. Died in Lenox, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-died.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/05-19.html">May 19, 1888</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 23 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-buried.html#cms08434">Church on the Hill Cemetery</a>, Lenox, Mass. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker9.html#632.69.29">William Perrin Walker</a>; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rockwell.html#814.97.59">Francis Williams Rockwell</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10386.html">Bush family</a> of Texas and Massachusetts.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000368">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409338">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7981435">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/brh2003004076/PP/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/609/32.89.jpg" width=70 height=104 border=0 alt="David Davis"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> David Davis (1815-1886) — of Bloomington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML-lived.html">McLean County</a>, Ill. Born near Cecilton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CE-born.html">Cecil County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1815/03-09.html">March 9, 1815</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1845; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/cncn2.html">delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention</a> from McLean County, 1847; state court judge in Illinois, 1848; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1860/IL.html">1860</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-supreme-ct.html">Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court</a>, 1862-77; received one electoral vote for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp-1872.html">1872</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Illinois</a>, 1877-83. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died in Bloomington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML-died.html">McLean County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/06-26.html">June 26, 1886</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 109 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML-buried.html#cms01383">Evergreen Memorial Cemetery</a>, Bloomington, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/">1838</a> to Sarah Woodruff Walker (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker9.html#632.69.29">William Perrin Walker</a>); great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis2.html#433.32.37">David Davis IV</a>; cousin *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis4.html#834.82.50">Henry Winter Davis</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#028.71.80">George Herbert Walker Bush</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10386.html">Bush family</a> of Texas and Massachusetts.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000097">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403233">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=573&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David Davis (Supreme Court justice)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/David Davis (U.S. Supreme Court)">Ballotpedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/905/000180365">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/3555">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Library of Congress</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henry Winter Davis (1817-1865) — also known as H. Winter Davis — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-lived.html">Baltimore</a>, Md. Born in Annapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/AA-born.html">Anne Arundel County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1817/08-16.html">August 16, 1817</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maryland</a>, 1855-61, 1863-65 (4th District 1855-61, 3rd District 1863-65). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-died.html">Baltimore</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/12-30.html">December 30, 1865</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/48.html">48 years, 136 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-buried.html#cms02496">Old St. Paul's Cemetery</a>, Baltimore, Md.; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-buried.html#cms00372">Green Mount Cemetery</a>, Baltimore, Md. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Cousin *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis2.html#609.32.89">David Davis</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10386.html">Bush family</a> of Texas and Massachusetts.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000104">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403240">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/345/000050195">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Francis Williams Rockwell (1844-1929) — also known as Francis W. Rockwell — of Pittsfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass. Born in Pittsfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-born.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/05-26.html">May 26, 1844</a>. Republican. State court judge in Massachusetts, 1873; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a>, 1879; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/stsen.html">Massachusetts state senate</a>, 1881; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> 12th District, 1884-91; defeated, 1890; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/MA.html">1900</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/06-26.html">June 26, 1929</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 31 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-buried.html#cms00396">Pittsfield Cemetery</a>, Pittsfield, Mass. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rockwell.html#509.48.99">Julius Rockwell</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10386.html">Bush family</a> of Texas and Massachusetts.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000365">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409335">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/708/45.98.jpg" width=70 height=118 border=0 alt="Prescott S. Bush"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Prescott Sheldon Bush (1895-1972) — also known as Prescott S. Bush — of Greenwich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Born in Columbus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/05-15.html">May 15, 1895</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; director, Pan American <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/aviation.html">Airways</a>; director, Columbia <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/radiotv.html">Broadcasting</a> System (CBS); delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/CT.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/CT.html">1956</a> (chair, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/CT.html">1960</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/CT.html">1964</a> (alternate); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Connecticut</a>, 1952-63; defeated, 1950. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/40-8.html">Forty and Eight</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/skull-bones.html">Skull and Bones</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/lung-cancer.html">lung cancer</a>, in the Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a> for Cancer and Allied Diseases, Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1972/10-08.html">October 8, 1972</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 146 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-buried.html#cms01815">Putnam Cemetery</a>, Greenwich, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Samuel Prescott Bush and Flora (Sheldon) Bush; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/08-06.html">August 6, 1921</a>, to Dorothy Walker; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#028.71.80">George Herbert Walker Bush</a> (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#984.52.89">Barbara Pierce</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#874.74.60">George Walker Bush</a> (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#154.84.01">Laura Lane Welch</a>) and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#670.03.91">John Ellis Bush</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#420.10.01">George Prescott Bush</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10386.html">Bush family</a> of Texas and Massachusetts.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001167">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402109">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prescott Bush">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/501/000052345">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1778210">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=8035">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Critical books about Prescott Bush: Kitty Kelly, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385503245/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0385503245&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Family : The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Connecticut Register & Manual 1953</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> David Davis IV (1906-1978) — of Bloomington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML-lived.html">McLean County</a>, Ill. Born in Bloomington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML-born.html">McLean County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/07-29.html">July 29, 1906</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a>, 1953-67; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/cncn6.html">delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention</a> 37th District, 1969-70. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Died in Bloomington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML-died.html">McLean County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1978/04-14.html">April 14, 1978</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 259 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML-buried.html#cms01383">Evergreen Memorial Cemetery</a>, Bloomington, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis2.html#609.32.89">David Davis</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10386.html">Bush family</a> of Texas and Massachusetts.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Herbert Walker Bush (1924-2018) — also known as George Bush; "Poppy"; "Sheepskin"; "Timberwolf" — of Midland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/MD-lived.html">Midland County</a>, Tex.; Houston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-lived.html">Harris County</a>, Tex. Born in Milton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-born.html">Norfolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/06-12.html">June 12, 1924</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/TX.html">1964</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Texas</a>, 1964, 1970; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 7th District, 1967-71; U.S. Representative to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/un.html ">United Nations</a>, 1971-73; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/index.html">Chairman of Republican National Committee</a>, 1973-74; U.S. Liaison to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CH-diplomats.html ">China</a>, 1974-75; director, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, 1976-77; candidate for Republican nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1980/index.html">1980</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">Vice President of the United States</a>, 1981-89; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1989-93; defeated, 1992. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/skull-bones.html">Skull and Bones</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/cfr.html">Council on Foreign Relations</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-kappa-epsilon.html">Delta Kappa Epsilon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/soc-cincinnati.html">Society of the Cincinnati</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>. Died in Houston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-died.html">Harris County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2018/11-30.html">November 30, 2018</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/94.html">94 years, 171 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BS-buried.html# ">George H. W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum</a>, College Station, Tex. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#708.45.98">Prescott Sheldon Bush</a> and Dorothy (Walker) Bush; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/01-06.html">January 6, 1945</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#984.52.89">Barbara Pierce</a>; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#874.74.60">George Walker Bush</a> (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#154.84.01">Laura Lane Welch</a>) and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#670.03.91">John Ellis Bush</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#420.10.01">George Prescott Bush</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis2.html#609.32.89">David Davis</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10386.html">Bush family</a> of Texas and Massachusetts.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/weems-weinland.html#862.04.14">Caspar W. Weinberger</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sumners-sutliff.html#948.62.81">John H. Sununu</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/evans2.html#218.64.00">Don Evans</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/oakman-obrian.html#236.52.86">James C. Oberwetter</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beucher-biddis.html#811.35.10">Mary McClure Bibby</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The George Bush School of Government and Public Service, at Texas A&M <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-colleges.html">University</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BS-names.html">College Station, Texas</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — George Bush <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">High School</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/FB-names.html">Richmond, Texas</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — George Herbert Walker Bush <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">Elementary School</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DA-names.html">Addison, Texas</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001166">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402108">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George Bush">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/bush-george-herbert-walker ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/362/000022296">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0124132">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/4311">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=4022">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books by George H. W. Bush: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/068483958X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=068483958X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">All The Best, George Bush: My Life and Other Writings</a> (1999) — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385141815/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0385141815&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Looking Forward</a> (1987) — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0679432485/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0679432485&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">A World Transformed</a> (1998)</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about George H. W. Bush: John Robert Greene, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0700609938/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0700609938&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Presidency of George Bush</a> — Mike Resnick, ed., <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0812511925/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0812511925&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Alternate Presidents [anthology]</a> — Tim O'Shei & Joe Marren, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0766051323/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0766051323&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">George H. W. Bush</a> (for young readers)</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Critical books about George H. W. Bush: Kevin Phillips, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0670032646/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0670032646&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush</a> — Kitty Kelly, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385503245/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0385503245&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Family : The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Barbara Bush (1925-2018) — also known as Barbara Pierce — Born, in Booth Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/born-hospital.html">Hospital</a>, Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/06-08.html">June 8, 1925</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/second.html">Second Lady of the United States</a>, 1981-89; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/first.html">First Lady of the United States</a>, 1989-93. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died in Houston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-died.html">Harris County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2018/04-17.html">April 17, 2018</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">92 years, 313 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BS-buried.html# ">George H. W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum</a>, College Station, Tex. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Marvin 'Monk' Pierce and Pauline (Robinson) Pierce; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/01-06.html">January 6, 1945</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#028.71.80">George Herbert Walker Bush</a> (son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#708.45.98">Prescott Sheldon Bush</a>); mother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#874.74.60">George Walker Bush</a> (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#154.84.01">Laura Lane Welch</a>) and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#670.03.91">John Ellis Bush</a>; grandmother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#420.10.01">George Prescott Bush</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10386.html">Bush family</a> of Texas and Massachusetts.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara Bush">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7748443">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=15403">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Walker Bush (b. 1946) — also known as George W. Bush; "Dubya"; "Shrub"; "The Smirking Chimp"; "The Decider" — of Midland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/MD-lived.html">Midland County</a>, Tex.; Crawford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ML-lived.html">McLennan County</a>, Tex. Born in New Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-born.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/07-06.html">July 6, 1946</a>. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 19th District, 1978; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1988/TX.html">1988</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Texas</a>, 1995-2000; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 2001-09. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-kappa-epsilon.html">Delta Kappa Epsilon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/skull-bones.html">Skull and Bones</a>. Still living as of 2025. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#028.71.80">George Herbert Walker Bush</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#984.52.89">Barbara Bush</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#670.03.91">John Ellis Bush</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1977/11-05.html">November 5, 1977</a>, to Laura Welch; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1977/">1977</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#154.84.01">Laura Lane Welch</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#420.10.01">George Prescott Bush</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#708.45.98">Prescott Sheldon Bush</a>; cousin *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/field-fielding.html#387.46.83">Elizabeth Walker Field</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10386.html">Bush family</a> of Texas and Massachusetts.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/berg.html#052.03.42">Philip J. Berg</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sullivan2.html#455.43.94">Dan Sullivan</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nemanich-neveu.html#028.82.46">Richard J. Neuhaus</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/george-w-bush/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George W. Bush">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/360/000022294">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0124133">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=1">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books by George W. Bush: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060957921/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060957921&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">A Charge to Keep</a> (1999) — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1591609186/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1591609186&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">George W. Bush on God and Country : The President Speaks Out About Faith, Principle, and Patriotism</a> (2004) — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0826415520/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0826415520&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">We Will Prevail: President George W. Bush on War, Terrorism and Freedom</a> (2003)</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about George W. Bush: J. H. Hatfield et al, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1887128751/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1887128751&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Fortunate Son : George W. Bush and the Making of An American President</a> — Roger Simon, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0812932048/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0812932048&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Divided We Stand : How Al Gore Beat George Bush and Lost the Presidency</a> — Frank Bruni, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060937823/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060937823&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Ambling into History : The Unlikely Odyssey of George W. Bush</a> — Bryan Laberge, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1553958438/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1553958438&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">George W. Bush : In the Whirlwind</a> — Lou Dubose et al, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1586481924/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1586481924&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Boy Genius: Karl Rove, the Brains Behind the Remarkable Political Triumph of George W. Bush</a> — Bill Sammon, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060723831/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060723831&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Misunderestimated: The President Battles Terrorism, John Kerry, and the Bush Haters</a> — David Aikman, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0849918111/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0849918111&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">A Man of Faith: The Spiritual Journey of George W. Bush</a> — Bob Woodward, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743204735/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0743204735&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Bush at War</a> — Bob Woodward, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/074325547X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=074325547X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Plan of Attack</a> — Craig Unger, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/074325337X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=074325337X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties</a> — Stephen Mansfield, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1585423092/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1585423092&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Faith of George W. Bush</a> — Ronald Kessler, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1595230009/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1595230009&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">A Matter of Character : Inside the White House of George W. Bush</a> — Paul Kengor, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060760508/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060760508&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">God and George W. Bush : A Spiritual Life</a> — Carolyn B. Thompson & James W. Ware, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0471420069/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0471420069&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Leadership Genius of George W. Bush: 10 Common Sense Lessons from the Commander-in-Chief</a> — Donald F. Kettl, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0071416331/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0071416331&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Team Bush : Leadership Lessons from the Bush White House</a> — Sandra J. Kachurek, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0766020401/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0766020401&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">George W. Bush</a> (for young readers) — Tim O'Shei & Joe Marren, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0766051331/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0766051331&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">George W. Bush</a> (for young readers)</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Critical books about George W. Bush: Molly Ivins, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0375757147/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0375757147&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Shrub: The Short But Happy Political Life of George W. Bush</a> — David Corn, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400050669/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1400050669&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Lies of George W. Bush : Mastering the Politics of Deception</a> — Kevin Phillips, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0670032646/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0670032646&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush</a> — Kitty Kelly, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385503245/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0385503245&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Family : The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty</a> — John W. Dean, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/031600023X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=031600023X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush</a> — Ron Suskind, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743255453/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0743255453&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill</a> — Robert C. Byrd, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393059421/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0393059421&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Losing America: Confronting a Reckless and Arrogant Presidency</a> — Jack Huberman, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1560255692/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1560255692&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Bush - Haters Handbook: A Guide to the Most Appalling Presidency of the Past 100 Years</a> — Ian Williams, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1560256273/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1560256273&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Deserter : George Bush's War on Military Families, Veterans, and His Past</a> — Dan Piraro, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/031233074X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=031233074X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Three Little Pigs Buy the White House</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Laura Bush (b. 1946) — also known as Laura Lane Welch — Born, in Midland Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/born-hospital.html">Hospital</a>, Midland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/MD-born.html">Midland County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/11-04.html">November 4, 1946</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/librarian.html">librarian</a>; First Lady of Texas, 1995-2000; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/first.html">First Lady of the United States</a>, 2001-09. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2024. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Harold Bruce Welch and Jenna Louise (Hawkins) Welch; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1977/">1977</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#874.74.60">George Walker Bush</a> (son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#028.71.80">George Herbert Walker Bush</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#984.52.89">Barbara Pierce</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#670.03.91">John Ellis Bush</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#420.10.01">George Prescott Bush</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#708.45.98">Prescott Sheldon Bush</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10386.html">Bush family</a> of Texas and Massachusetts.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The Laura Bush Community <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-libraries.html">Library</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TV-names.html">Austin, Texas</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for her</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura Bush">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=15402">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Elizabeth Walker Field (born c.1947) — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born about 1947. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">Writer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2004/DE.html">2004</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2004. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Cousin *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#874.74.60">George Walker Bush</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10386.html">Bush family</a> of Texas and Massachusetts.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Ellis Bush (b. 1953) — also known as Jeb Bush — of Florida. Born in Midland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/MD-born.html">Midland County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/02-11.html">February 11, 1953</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">Real estate business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Florida</a>, 1999-2007; defeated, 1994; candidate for Republican nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2016/index.html">2016</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Still living as of 2024. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#028.71.80">George Herbert Walker Bush</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#984.52.89">Barbara Bush</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#874.74.60">George Walker Bush</a> (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#154.84.01">Laura Lane Welch</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1974/02-23.html">February 23, 1974</a>, to Columba Garnica Gallo; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#420.10.01">George Prescott Bush</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#708.45.98">Prescott Sheldon Bush</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10386.html">Bush family</a> of Texas and Massachusetts.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tazewell-temmey.html#887.05.14">Arthur E. Teele</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/jeb-bush/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeb Bush">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/646/000022580">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1654623">Internet Movie Database profile</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about Jeb Bush: S. V. Date, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1585425486/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1585425486&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Jeb! America's Next Bush</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Prescott Bush (b. 1976) — also known as George P. Bush — Born in Houston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-born.html">Harris County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1976/04-24.html">April 24, 1976</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/laco.html">Texas land commissioner</a>, 2015-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Still living as of 2022. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Columba (Garnica Gallo) Bush and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#670.03.91">John Ellis Bush</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#874.74.60">George Walker Bush</a> (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#154.84.01">Laura Lane Welch</a>); grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#028.71.80">George Herbert Walker Bush</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#984.52.89">Barbara Bush</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#708.45.98">Prescott Sheldon Bush</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10386.html">Bush family</a> of Texas and Massachusetts.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George P. 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