Trivia

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 30 January 1976 - 20 January 1977.

Daughter Pauline Robinson Bush died of leukemia.

Fourth cousin seven times removed of Benedict Arnold.

Seventh cousin three times removed of President Theodore Roosevelt.

Ninth cousin twice removed of Marilyn Monroe.

As of 2015, George and Barbara Bush are the longest-married First Couple of the United States. They celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on January 6, 2015. As of 25 Nov. 2017, Bush (at 93y/166d) became the longest-living US President in history, surpassing Gerald Ford (at 93y/165d).

Born at 11:30am-EDT.

His wife, Barbara Bush, suffered from a thyroid ailment called Graves' disease.

Children: George W. Bush (b. 6 July 1946), Pauline Robinson "Robin" (20 December 1949 - 11 October 1953), Jeb Bush (b. 11 February 1953), Neil Bush (b. 22 January 1955), Marvin Bush (b. 22 October 1956) and Doro Bush (b. 18 August 1959).

Seventh cousin four times removed of President Abraham Lincoln.

Eighth cousin once removed of Winston Churchill.

Named his upstart oil company Zapata Oil, after the Marlon Brando film Viva Zapata! (1952).

The first sitting Vice President of the United States to be elected President since Martin van Buren in 1836. With the exception of Thomas Jefferson, all other sitting vice presidents who rose to the presidency first did so under direct succession, whether or not they subsequently ran for president and were elected to their first term in office.

Son, George W. Bush, was elected President. (2000)

Forty-first president of the United States of America, 20 January 1989 - 20 January 1993.

Son, George W. Bush, became the 43rd President-elect, on December 13, 2000, 36 days after Election Day, following legal battles over results in Florida. George W. is the second U.S. president's son to be elected to the office, after John Quincy Adams, son of John Adams.

Served in the U.S. Navy as a fighter pilot during the Second World War and was engaged in numerous combat missions.

Tenth cousin once removed of Vice President Dan Quayle.

Son of former U.S. Senator Prescott Bush, father of U.S. President George W. Bush and Florida governor Jeb Bush.

Graduated from Yale University in 1948 with a B.A. degree in economics.

U.S. Congressional representative from Texas, 3 January 1967 - 3 January 1971); was not a candidate for reelection in 1970.

Vice president of the United States, 20 January 1981 - 20 January 1989, under President Ronald Reagan.

Member of Phi Beta Kappa honor society while at Yale.

Portrayed by Dana Carvey on Saturday Night Live (1975). He invited Carvey and his wife to visit the White House.

When his son George W. Bush became the President of the United States, he became known as George H. W. Bush.

Eleventh cousin once removed of President Gerald Ford.

Had publicly stated that he was a civilian businessman in the oil business until he was elected to the House of Representatives in 1966. However, declassified memos show that he was working for the CIA in 1963, and corresponded with J. Edgar Hoover about the Kennedy assassination.

The makers of The Simpsons (1989) responded to his comments by animating the family watching his comments and then having Bart say "Hey, we're just like the Waltons, we're praying for an end to the Depression too".

He was the Longest Lived U.S. President for 16 months which is the shortest period in U.S. History for holding this distinction from when he outlived Gerald Ford on Saturday November 25, 2017 to Friday March 22, 2019 when he was outlived by Jimmy Carter.

Former President Jimmy Carter surpassed his lifespan on Friday March 22, 2019 16 weeks after his death on Friday November 30, 2018.

Pictured on a USA nondenominated memorial postage stamp issued 12 June 2019, the 95th anniversary of his birth. Price on day of issue was 55¢. The first-day-of-issue ceremony was held in the Frymire Auditorium at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center, The Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. The artwork on the stamp features a portrait painted by artist Michael Deas.

Of the five presidents of the United States who served from 1977 to 2009, he was the only one who had not served as a state governor. Jimmy Carter had been governor of Georgia, Ronald Reagan had been governor of California, Bill Clinton had been governor of Arkansas, and his son George W. Bush was governor of Texas. President Barack Obama broke the pattern, becoming the first United States senator since John F. Kennedy to be elected president.

U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, 1 March 1971 - 18 January 1973; appointed by Richard Nixon.

Had his look-alike puppet in the French show Les Guignols de l'info (1988).

The golfing trophy known as the Walker Cup is named after his grandfather, George Herbert Walker, president of the US Golf Association in 1920, when the matches were initiated.

Had both a son and grandson partially named after him. His oldest son, George W. Bush, was Governor of Texas and succeeded him as president, though he has no sons of his own. His second son, Jeb Bush, has a son named George Prescott Bush.

Like his wife, Barbara Bush, he had had a building in Houston renamed in his honor. Houston Intercontinental Airport was renamed Bush Intercontinental Airport in 1997, while his son was governor of Texas. The Cypress Creek Library was remodeled and renamed the Barbara Bush Library in 2003.

In the 1988 presidential election, early national public opinion polls showed Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis with a 17-percentage-point lead over Bush. Bush eventually tallied 48,886,597 popular votes, representing 53.4% of the total to Dukakis' 41,809,476 votes (45.6%). In the electoral college, Bush won 40 states worth 426 electoral votes to Dukakis' 10 states and the District of Columbia worth a total of 111 electoral votes (Dukakis' running mate, Lloyd Bentsen, received one electoral vote for president).

Captain of the Yale University baseball team that played in the first College World Series in 1947; Yale lost to the University of California.

His father, Prescott (Yale, 1917), was a senator from Connecticut, 4 November 1952 - 2 January 1963.

While attending Yale and captaining the baseball team, Bush met and was photographed with the legendary Babe Ruth. In 1991, U.S. magazine Entertainment Weekly highlighted a baseball card Bush had taken from this period. Collectors were bidding for its value being near the end of his Office term.

On December 26, 2006, after the death of 93-year-old Gerald Ford, Bush became the oldest living current/former president at the age of 82, five months older than Jimmy Carter. Coincidentally, his son, then-President George W. Bush, and former President Bill Clinton were also born the same year, with Bush 44 days older than Clinton. This neatly divides the four former Presidents into two groups: a Democrat and a Republican born in 1924, and a Democrat and a Republican born in 1946.

Had his left hip replaced in December 2000.

Underwent surgery for skin cancer in August 2002.

In 2004, it was reported that for a series of speeches in China, he was paid between $125,000 and $150,000 per speech.

Is played by James Cromwell (who is eight inches taller than he is) in W. (2008).

In January 2009, the U.S. Navy commissioned the "U.S.S. George H.W. Bush" Nimitz class aircraft carrier into service in Norfolk, Virginia. The carrier was named for the former U.S. President and was the last in the Nimitz class series.

Grandfather of Barbara Bush, Jenna Bush Hager and Lauren Bush Lauren.

Uncle of Billy Bush.

To date (2010), only U.S. President to have worked for the Central Intelligence Agency (Director CIA 1976-1977).