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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.
Under the U.S. Constitution, the officeholder leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces. [3] The first president, George Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College. [4] The incumbent president is Donald Trump, who assumed office on January 20, 2025.
State Year(s) served Body served George Washington: Virginia: 1774–1775 First Continental Congress: John Adams: Massachusetts: 1774–1777 First Continental Congress, Second Continental Congress: Thomas Jefferson: Virginia: 1775–1776 1783–1784 Second Continental Congress Congress of the Confederation: James Madison: Virginia: 1780–1783 ...
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.
The following articles cover the timeline of Bush's presidency, and the time leading up to it: Pre-presidency: 1999–2001. George W. Bush 2000 presidential campaign; Presidential transition of George W. Bush; Presidency: 2001–2009. Timeline of the George W. Bush presidency (2001) Timeline of the George W. Bush presidency (2002)
When George H.W. Bush took the oath of office in 1989, he became the first person in nearly 150 years to have been elected president directly after serving as vice president.
George H. W. Bush: Vice President: Out of office [e] Federal office [r] [aj] Foreign service [h] Businessman, naval aviator: Texas [ak] 42: Bill Clinton: State governor: State attorney general — — Lawyer, law professor at the University of Arkansas: Arkansas: 43: George W. Bush: State governor: Out of office [e] [8] Military [9 ...
George H.W. Bush. Before: $4 million. After: $23 million. The elder Bush had grown his net worth by 475% between the time he took office in 1989 and 2017, when The American University study was ...