General information

George W. Bush
George W. Bush
President order: 43
Republican
Born in Connecticut
Sworn in on 1/20/2001
Age at inauguration: 54
2 terms

Biography

George Walker Bush was the 43rd President of the United States, serving from 2001 to 2009. 
Before that he was the 46th Governor of Texas, serving from 1995 to 2000.Bush is the eldest
 son of President George H. W. Bush, who served as the 41st President, and Barbara Bush, 
making him one of only two American presidents to be the son of a preceding president.He is
 also the brother of Jeb Bush, former Governor of Florida. 


Early life:
George Walker Bush was born in New Haven, Connecticut at Grace-New Haven Hospital (now Yale
 – New Haven Hospital), on July 6, 1946, the first child of George H. W. Bush and Barbara Bush
 (née Pierce). He was raised in Midland and Houston, Texas, with his four siblings, Jeb, Neil,
 Marvin and Dorothy. Another younger sister, Robin, died from leukemia at the age of three in
 1953.Bush's grandfather, Prescott Bush, was a U.S. Senator from Connecticut. Bush's father,
 George H. W. Bush, served as U.S. Vice President from 1981 to 1989 and U.S. President from 
1989 to 1993. Bush is of primarily English and German descent, and also has distant Welsh, 
Irish, French and Scottish ancestry.

Marriage and family:
In 1977, he was introduced by friends at a backyard barbecue to Laura Welch, a school 
teacher and librarian. Bush proposed to her after a three-month courtship and they were
 married on November 5 of that year. The couple settled in Midland, Texas. Bush left his 
family's Episcopal Church to join his wife's United Methodist Church. In 1981, Laura Bush
 gave birth to fraternal twin daughters, Jenna and Barbara, they graduated from high school
 in 2000 and from the University of Texas at Austin and Yale University, respectively, in
 2004.

Presidential pets

George Bush's Barney, Spot, Miss Beazley
Spot, an English Springer Spaniel, was born at the White House on March 17, 1989, and served 
in two administrations -- the 41st president's and the 43rd's. Spot was the daughter of 
former President George Bush's dog, Millie.

Barney, a Scottish terrier, was a gift from New Jersey Governor Christie Whitman to Laura 
Bush. Barney spends a lot of time in Texas on the ranch ever since his good friend Spot 
passed away.

Miss Beazley, a Scottish Terrier puppy, arrived at the White House on Jan. 6, 2005, a 
birthday present from the President to Mrs. Bush. And then there's India, the black cat.

Pets and Politics
Spot Fetcher: Was named after Scott Fletcher, a former player for the Texas Rangers, the
 baseball team that President Bush once owned. She died at 14 in 2004. 
Barney: The "first dog" had a little biting problem in 2008. He bit a Reuters reporter on
 the finger in November and reportedly bit another White House
guest earlier in the year.

Web

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