GOERGE H.W. BUSH

ELECTION OF 1988

• Kinder, Gentler Nation
• Republican
• Micheal Dukakis
• Bush won 426-111
• Also one the popular vote by about 6 million

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Minnesota voted against George HW Bush

FAMILY

• His wife is Barbara Bush, 41st First Lady of USA
• His kids are President Bush, U.S. Senator and Dorothy Wear Bush

EDUCATION

• Bush went to Phillips Academy- boarding school
• At the age of 18, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy.
• He is the youngest pilot in the Navy during World War II
• After the war, Bush went to Yale university and graduated with a degree in economics in 1948

WORK HISTORY

• Bush was chairman of the Harris County Republican Party in 1963.
• He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives
• He was Vice President for Ronald Reagan

Executive Privilege

• He allowed Dick Cheney to not turn over documents during a congressional investigation into a Navy aircraft program.

1ST STATE OF THE UNION

• Cut taxs
• More graduating High School students
• Keep the peace with Europe

FUN FACTS

• In college, he was captain of the Yale University baseball team and played in the first two College World Series.
• He celebrated his 75th, 80th, 85th, and 90th birthday by skydiving.