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This is the electoral history of George W. Bush, who served as the 43rd president of the United States (2001–2009) and as the 46th governor of Texas (1995–2000). 1978 congressional election [ edit ]
George W. Bush's tenure as the 43rd president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 2001, and ended on January 20, 2009. Bush, a Republican from Texas, took office following his narrow electoral college victory over Democratic incumbent vice president Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election, in which he lost the popular vote to Gore by 543,895 votes.
George W. Bush with his parents, Barbara and George H. W. Bush, c. 1947. George Walker Bush was born on July 6, 1946, at Grace-New Haven Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut. [1] He was the first child of George Herbert Walker Bush and Barbara Pierce. He was raised in Midland and Houston, Texas with four siblings: Jeb, Neil, Marvin and Dorothy.
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 7, 2000. Republican nominee, Governor George W. Bush of Texas, the eldest son of the 41st U.S. President, George H. W. Bush, narrowly defeated incumbent Democratic Vice President Al Gore.
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 2, 2004. Incumbent Republican President George W. Bush and his running mate, incumbent Vice President Dick Cheney, were re-elected to a second term.
The first president, George Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College. [4] Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is therefore counted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, giving rise to the discrepancy between the number of presidencies and the number of individuals who have served as president.
Former President George W. Bush, 78, has said he will not be weighing in on this year's divisive, coin-toss election.. But his daughter is. Barbara Bush, 42, one of the former GOP president's two ...
George W. Bush, a Republican from Texas, was elected President of the United States on December 12, 2000 (following the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Bush v. Gore) and was inaugurated as the nation's 43rd president on January 20, 2001.