OVERVIEW:

BORN:
June 12, 1924;
Milton, Massachusetts

DIED:
November 30, 2018 (age 94);
Houston, Texas

EDUCATION:
Yale University (BA, 1948)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican

SPOUSE:
Barbara Pierce Bush (m. 1945; d. 2018)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
1942-1945:
Torpedo Bomber Pilot in U.S. Navy;
Shot Down by Japanese and Rescued at Sea (1945)
1945:
Discharged from Navy with Distinguished Flying Cross,
Married Barbara Pierce
1948:
Graduated from Yale and Moved to Texas
1951:
Formed an oil exploration business
1953:
Forms Zapata Petroleum;
Three Year-Old Daughter, Robin, Dies of Leukemia
1959:
Moves to Houston to Launch Zapata Off-Shore Drilling Company
1963:
Elected Chairman of the Harris County Republican Committee
1964:
Unsuccessful Candidate for U.S. Senate
1967-1971
Member, U.S. House of Representatives (R-TX)
1970:
Unsuccessful Candidate for U.S. Senate
1971-1972:
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
1972-1974:
Chairman, Republican National Committee
1974-1975:
Chief of the U. S. Liaison Office in Beijing, China
1976-1977:
Director of Central Intelligence
1979:
Unsuccessful Candidate for Republican Nomination for President
1981-1989:
Vice President of the United States
1989-1993:
41st President of the United States

FIRST LADY:

VICE PRESIDENT:

RESOURCES:

President Bush rides in a HUMVEE with General H. Norman Schwarzkopf during his visit with troops in Saudi Arabia on Thanksgiving Day, 11/22/1990. (National Archives)

White House
Miller Center
Bush Library
History Channel
U.S. Senate
Wikipedia
Presidential Library and Museum
Archives and Research (Texas A&M)
Public Papers (Bush Library)
Papers (American Presidency Project)
Transition Interviews (National Archives)
George H.W. Bush (American Experience/ PBS)
American Presidents (C-SPAN)

NOTABLE BOOKS:

1988 ELECTION:

REPUBLICANS:
GEORGE H.W. BUSH (PRESIDENT)
DAN QUAYLE (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 426 (79.2%)
Popular Vote: 48,886.097 (53.4%)

DEMOCRATS:
MICHAEL DUKAKIS (PRESIDENT)
LLOYD M. BENTSEN, JR. (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 111 (20.6%)
Popular Vote: 41,809.074 (45.6%)

1989 INAUGURATION:

George Herbert Walker Bush takes the oath of office as the 41st President of the United States administered by Supreme Court Chief Justice Rehnquist at the US Capitol, in Washington, DC on 1/20/1989 (Photo Credit: George Bush Presidential Library) — George Herbert Walker Bush takes the oath of office as the 41st President of the United States administered by Supreme Court Chief Justice Rehnquist at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, DC on 1/20/1989 (George Bush Presidential Library)

Inaugural Address (Transcript, Video, Ceremonies)
Media (WP)
Joint Congressional Committee
Luncheon
Library of Congress

1992 ELECTION:

DEMOCRATS:
WILLIAM J. CLINTON (PRESIDENT)
ALBERT GORE, JR. (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 370 (68.8%)
Popular Vote: 44,909,326 (43.0%)

REPUBLICANS:
GEORGE H.W. BUSH (PRESIDENT)
DAN QUAYLE (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 168 (31.2%)
Popular Vote: 39,103,882 (37.4%)

INDEPENDENT:
H. ROSS PEROT (PRESIDENT)
JAMES STOCKDALE (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 0 (0.0%)
Popular Vote: 19,741,657 (18.9%)

THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION:

President George H. W. Bush and his Cabinet in the Cabinet Room, September 5, 1989. (National Archives) — President George H.W. Bush conducts a full Cabinet Meeting in the Cabinet Room, 9/5/1989 (National Archives)

CHIEF OF STAFF:
John H. Sununu (1989-1991)
Samuel K. Skinner (1991-1992)
James A. Baker III (1992-1993)

PRESS SECRETARY:
Marlin Fitzwater (1987-1993)

SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE:
Clayton K. Yeutter (1989–1991)
Edward Madigan (1991–1993)

DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE:
William H. Webster (1987–1991)
Robert M. Gates (1991–1993)

SECRETARY OF COMMERCE:
Robert A. Mosbacher Sr. (1989–1992)
Barbara H. Franklin (1992–1993)

CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS:
Michael J. Boskin (1989-1993)

CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF:
William J. Crowe, Jr. (1985-1989)
Colin L. Powell (1989-1993)

SECRETARY OF DEFENSE:
John Tower (Nomination Failed in Senate)
Richard B. Cheney (1989–1993)

SECRETARY OF EDUCATION:
Lauro F. Cavazos Jr. (1988–1990)
Lamar Alexander (1991–1993)

SECRETARY OF ENERGY:
James D. Watkins (1989–1993)

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator:
William K. Reilly (1989-1993)

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development:
Jack F. Kemp (1989–1993)

Secretary of Health and Human Services:
Louis W. Sullivan (1989–1993)

SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR:
Manuel Luján, Jr. (1989–1993)

ATTORNEY GENERAL:
Richard L. Thornburgh (1988–1991)
William P. Barr (1991–1993)

Secretary of Labor:
Lynn M. Martin (1991–1993)
Elizabeth H. Dole (1989–1991)

National Security Advisor:
Brent Scowcroft (1989-1993)

Office of Management and Budget Director:
Richard G. Darman (1989-1993)

Secretary of State:
Lawrence S. Eagleburger (1992–1993)
James A. Baker III (1989–1992)

SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION:
Samuel K. Skinner (1989–1991)
Andrew H. Card Jr. (1992–1993)

Secretary of the Treasury:
Nicholas F. Brady (1989–1993)

United Nations Ambassador:
Edward J. Perkins (1992-1993)
Thomas R. Pickering (1989-1992)

U.S. Trade Representative:
Carla A. Hills (1989-1993)

SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS:
Edward J. Derwinski (1989–1992)

Chairman of the Federal Reserve:
Alan Greenspan (1987–2006)

CABINET PHOTOS:

President Bush and VP Quayle pose with cabinet secretaries for the official cabinet portrait - Sept. 5, 1989 (Bush Library) — President Bush and VP Quayle pose with cabinet secretaries for the official cabinet portrait – Sept. 5, 1989 (Bush Library)

George H.W. Bush with his Cabinet- 3/19/1992 (White House Photo)

President George H.W. Bush participates in a full cabinet meeting in the cabinet room, 7/22/1992 (National Archives)

SUPREME COURT NOMINEES:

Clarence Thomas (1991- )
David H. Souter (1990-2009)

CONGRESS:

George H.W. Bush 3.6.16d — President Bush participates in a budget meeting with Congressional Leadership, 5/15/1990. From L-R (House Budget Committee Chair Leon Panetta (D-CA), House Minority Leader Robert Michel (R-IL), Speaker of the House Thomas Foley (D-W), President George Bush, Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell (D-ME), Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole (R-KS), Senate Budget Committee Chairman James Sasser (D-TN) and Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Pete Domenici (R-NM) (National Archives)

Speaker of the House:
James C. Wright, Jr. (1987-1989)
Thomas S. Foley (1989-1995)

Senate Majority Leader:
George J. Mitchell (1989-1995)

MEDIA COVERAGE:

George Bush5.15.16 — President Reagan and Vice President Bush talking on the White House Colonnade On July 7, 1988 (Reagan Library)

CIA Nomination, 11/9/1975 (NYT)
The Dynasty That Almost Wasn’t (Politico, 9/15/2015)
Funeral, 12/5/2018 (WP, WSJ, NYT)

OBITUARIES:
Washington Post (Obituary, Analysis, Death)
New York Times (Obituary, Analysis, Death)
Wall Street Journal (Obituary)
Houston Chronicle (Obituary, Coverage)