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George Walker Bush
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George W. Bush
George Walker Bush
(born July 6, 1946) is an American
politician
and
businessman
who served as the
43rd
President of the United States
from 2001 to 2009, and the
46th Governor of Texas
from 1995 to 2000. The eldest son of
Barbara
and
George H. W. Bush
, he was born in
New Haven, Connecticut
. After graduating from
Yale University
in 1968 and
Harvard Business School
in 1975, he worked in oil businesses. He married
Laura Welch
in 1977 and ran unsuccessfully for the
House of Representatives
shortly thereafter. He later co-owned the
Texas Rangers
baseball team before defeating
Ann Richards
in the
1994 Texas gubernatorial election
. He was elected president in 2000 after a
close and controversial election
, becoming the fourth president to be elected while receiving fewer popular votes nationwide than his opponent. He is the second president to have been the son of a former president, the first having been
John Quincy Adams
. He is also the brother of
Jeb Bush
, who is a former
Governor of Florida
and candidate for the
Republican
presidential nomination in the
2016 presidential election
.
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