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George Herbert Walker Bush was one of four Presidents to be born in Massachusetts. He was born in Milton, Massachusetts on June 12, 1924.

George Bush was the captain of the baseball team at Yale University. He also liked tennis and jogging.

Bush requested Nixon's resignation as president in the name of the Republican Party.

George Bush was the fifth cousin four times removed of Franklin Pierce.

George Herbert Walker Bush resigned from the CIA after Jimmy Carter was elected president in 1976.

George H.W. Bush's daughter Robin died of leukemia in 1953, when she was 3.

President Bush's entire family stayed in the White House the night he was inaugurated. Extra beds had to be put up in all the bedrooms.

The Bush's had a springer spaniel named Millie. Millie had a book published about her life in the White House. She had six puppies during her time a the White House.

He liked to play horseshoes and had a horse shoe pit installed on the White House lawn.

George Herbert Walker Bush became the youngest pilot in the U.S. Navy, surviving some dangerous missions in the South Pacific. He flew 58 combat missions in World War II. His son become a pilot in the National Guard.

President Bush was a Republican.

George Bush was Vice President under Ronald Reagan. He was the first Vice President elected President since Van Buren. He also served as president for seven hours when he was vice president. He was president when Reagan was shot and was undergoing surgery.

George Bush's Vice President was Dan Quayle (1989-1993).

President Bush signed the bill creating a Federal Holiday in memory of Martin Luther King Jr.

He prefers Mexican and Chinese food and won't eat broccoli. "I'm President of the United States, and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli!"

During his term there were two wars or military actions, the Invasion of Panama, 1989-1990; Persian Gulf War, 1990-1991.

President Bush and King Fahd participate in an Arrival Ceremony in the Royal Pavilion in Saudi Arabia and discuss the situation in Iraq. November 21, 1990.
George Bush Presidential Library and Museum
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The First Dog, Millie, had her own room, in Nancy Reagan's old beauty parlor.

George Herbert Walker Bush served only one term, Bill Clinton defeated George Bush in 1992.

When Bush left office in 1993, he became the nation's 5th living ex-president, joining Richard Nixon, Gerald R. Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan.

George Herbert Walker Bush's son George W. Bush was also a President.

Quotes from George H. Bush:

"If anyone tells you that America's best days are behind her they're looking the wrong way."

"Read my lips, no new taxes." Said when he was campaigning for the presidency.