George H. W. Bush (1924–2018)
Born 1924 CE, died 2018 CE.
George Herbert Walker Bush (June 12, 1924 – November 30, 2018) was the 41st president of the United States, serving from 1989 to 1993. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 43rd vice president under Ronald Reagan. His son, George W. Bush, served as the 43rd president. Born into the Bush family in Milton, Massachusetts, Bush was raised in Greenwich, Connecticut, and attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy Reserve on his 18th birthday, flying 58 combat missions during World War II and earning the Distinguished Flying Cross. Bush moved to Texas and ventured in the oil industry, starting the company Zapata Corporation and becoming a millionaire by the age of 40. He ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in 1964, but was elected to represent Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1966. He held a variety of ambassadorial, federal, and party positions in the administrations of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford from 1971 to 1977. Bush lost the 1980 Republican Party primaries to Ronald Reagan, who later picked him as his running mate. Bush ran again in 1988 and won against Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis.
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