General informationGeorge H. W. Bush
George H. W. Bush
President order: 41
Republican
Born in Massachusetts
Sworn in on 1/20/1989
Age at inauguration: 64
1 term

Biography

George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) served as the 41st President of the 
United States (1989–1993). He previously served as the 43rd Vice President (1981–1989),
a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.

Early life:
George Herbert Walker Bush was born at 173 Adams Street in Milton, Massachusetts on 
June 12, 1924 to Prescott Sheldon Bush and Dorothy Walker Bush. The Bush family moved 
from Milton to Greenwich, Connecticut shortly after his birth.

Marriage and family:
George Bush married Barbara Pierce on January 6, 1945, only weeks after his return from 
the Pacific. Their marriage produced six children: George Walker Bush (born 1946), 
Pauline Robinson Bush ("Robin", 1949–1953, died of leukemia), John Ellis "Jeb" Bush
 (born 1953), Neil Mallon Bush (born 1955), Marvin Pierce Bush (born 1956), and Dorothy
 Bush Koch (born 1959).

Presidential pets

Millie, Ranger and George H.W. Bush
The first President Bush was occasionally accompanied to the Oval Office by his Springer
 Spaniels Millie and Ranger.

Millie's 1989 litter of six puppies included Ranger, who died of cancer in May 1993, and
Spot Fetcher, who moved back into the White House when George W. Bush became president.

Millie died in 1997 at age 12.

Pets and Politics
Millie: Officially Mildred Kerr Bush, the Spaniel was named for a Bush family friend,
 Mildred Caldwell Kerr.
Canine author: Millie is credited as the author of Millie's Book: As Dictated to Barbara 
Bush.

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