George W. Bush was the 43rd president of the United States. He led his country’s response to the 9/11 attacks in 2001 and initiated the Iraq War in 2003.
• George Walker Bush is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. He had previously served as the 46th governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000.
• Born: July 6, 1946 (age 73 years), New Haven, CT
• Artworks: Ehud Olmert, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Junichiro Koizumi
• Presidential term: January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009
• Vice president: Dick Cheney (2001–2009)
• Party: Republican Party
• Spouse: Laura Bush (m. 1977)
• First president born in Connecticut.
• First president to serve in the Air National Guard.
• First president inaugurated in the 21st century.
• First president to have an M.B.A. degree.
• First president to serve two terms who was the son of a president.
• First president to meet with two popes while in office, Pope John Paul II & Pope Benedict XVI.
• First president to visit Sweden, Peru, Lithuania, Qatar, Iraq, Slovakia, Georgia, Mongolia, Estonia, Albania, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and Benin while in office.
• First president to have State of the Union live broadcast on the Internet.
• First president to have served in the military during the Vietnam War, where he performed stateside service.
• First president to invoke Section 3 of the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution twice.
• First president to have a 90% approval rating in the history of modern political polling.
• First president to have had a secretary of homeland security.
• First president to lose the popular vote in his first election but win the popular vote at his re-election.
• First president to open the Winter Olympic Games (the 2002 Winter Olympics Salt Lake City) while in office.
• First president to attend an Olympic Games in a foreign country (the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing) while in office.
• First president to leave office with both parents still alive. (Bush left office in 2009, while his parents both died in 2018, nine years after he left office).
• First president to reach the age of 70 with both parents living at the time.
• First president to have both parents die in the same year. His mother Barbara Bush died on April 17, 2018 while his father George H. W. Bush died seven months later on November 30, 2018.
• First president to be re-elected without winning a Northeastern state.
• First president to win ten more states than his opponent at an election, and receive fewer total votes.
• First president to be named Time Person of the Year for both of his presidential elections. He was named Time Person of the Year when he was first elected and re-elected.
• First president to write a presidential biography, 41: A Portrait of My Father, about George H. W. Bush.
• First president to write and illustrate an art book, Portraits of Courage.
• First president to celebrate Diwali.
George H.W. Bush was the 41st President of the United States and served as vice president under Ronald Reagan. He was also the father of George W. Bush, the 43rd President.
• George Herbert Walker Bush was an American politician and businessman who served as the 41st president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 and the 43rd vice president from 1981 to 1989.
• Born: June 12, 1924, Milton, MA
• Died: November 30, 2018, Houston, TX
• Vice president: Dan Quayle (1989–1993)
• Presidential term: January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993
• Years of service: 1942–1945
• Children: George W. Bush, Jeb Bush, Neil Bush, Dorothy Bush Koch, Pauline Robinson Bush, Marvin Bush
• First president to have served as acting president (when Reagan was sedated for eight hours due to colon surgery).
• First president to visit Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Czechoslovakia, Singapore, Somalia, and the Russian Federation, as well as a reunified Germany while in office.
• First president to have served as director of Central Intelligence (office is now the director of the Central Intelligence Agency).
• First president to have served as a United States ambassador to the United Nations (1970–73).
• First president whose son (George W. Bush) was re-elected president.
• First president to have been a naval aviator.
• First president to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal.
• First president to have been married for 55 years. (George and Barbara Bush surpassed marriage longevity record set by John and Abigail Adams—54 years, 3 days—on January 10, 1999.)
• First president to have been married 70 years. (George and Barbara Bush were married for 73 years, 101 days.)
• First president to have had a secretary of veterans affairs.
• First president to serve as chairman of the Republican National Committee (1973–74).
• First president to serve as a diplomat to China, having served as chief of the U.S. Liaison Office to the People’s Republic of China from 1974–75.
• First president to be the subject of a presidential biography, 41: A Portrait of My Father, written by his son, George W. Bush
• First president to die in the same year as his wife (he died on November 30, 2018 while his wife died on April 17, 2018).
• First president to live to the age of 94.
George H.W. Bush was the 41st President of the United States and served as vice president under Ronald Reagan. He was also the father of George W. Bush, the 43rd President.
• George Herbert Walker Bush was an American politician and businessman who served as the 41st president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 and the 43rd vice president from 1981 to 1989.
• Born: June 12, 1924, Milton, MA
• Died: November 30, 2018, Houston, TX
• Vice president: Dan Quayle (1989–1993)
• Presidential term: January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993
• Years of service: 1942–1945
• Children: George W. Bush, Jeb Bush, Neil Bush, Dorothy Bush Koch, Pauline Robinson Bush, Marvin Bush
• First president to have served as acting president (when Reagan was sedated for eight hours due to colon surgery).
• First president to visit Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Czechoslovakia, Singapore, Somalia, and the Russian Federation, as well as a reunified Germany while in office.
• First president to have served as director of Central Intelligence (office is now the director of the Central Intelligence Agency).
• First president to have served as a United States ambassador to the United Nations (1970–73).
• First president whose son (George W. Bush) was re-elected president.
• First president to have been a naval aviator.
• First president to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal.
• First president to have been married for 55 years. (George and Barbara Bush surpassed marriage longevity record set by John and Abigail Adams—54 years, 3 days—on January 10, 1999.)
• First president to have been married 70 years. (George and Barbara Bush were married for 73 years, 101 days.)
• First president to have had a secretary of veterans affairs.
• First president to serve as chairman of the Republican National Committee (1973–74).
• First president to serve as a diplomat to China, having served as chief of the U.S. Liaison Office to the People’s Republic of China from 1974–75.
• First president to be the subject of a presidential biography, 41: A Portrait of My Father, written by his son, George W. Bush
• First president to die in the same year as his wife (he died on November 30, 2018 while his wife died on April 17, 2018).
• First president to live to the age of 94.
George Washington, a Founding Father of the United States, led the Continental Army to victory in the Revolutionary War and was America’s first president.
• George Washington was an American political leader, military general, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. He led Patriot forces to victory in the nation’s War for Independence.
• Born: February 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, VA
• Died: December 14, 1799, George Washington’s Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon, VA
• Presidential term: April 30, 1789 – March 4, 1797
• Buried: December 18, 1799, George Washington’s Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon, VA
• Children: John (adopted); Patsy (adopted)
• George Washington was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1776, 13 years before becoming president
• First president of the United States.
• First president to appear on a postage stamp.
• First president to be a Freemason.
• First president to receive votes from every presidential elector in an election.
• First president to add “So help me God” to the Oath of Office.
• First president to command a standing field army while in office (during the Whiskey Rebellion).
• First president to have been a lieutenant general.
• First president to have a parent live to see him be elected and become president.
• First president to celebrate his 65th birthday while in office. Washington was born in February 1732 and turned 65 in February 1797. His term of office ended in March 1797.
• First president to be an Episcopalian.
• First president from Virginia.
• First president to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.
• First president to be younger than his wife.
• First president to have signed the United States Constitution.
• First president to have a ship named after him.
• First president to have a submarine named after him.
• First president to appear on a US coin (1900 commemorative).
• First president who wasn’t part of a political party.
• First president who served in the American Revolution
• First president who was a slave owner
• First president to decline to run for a third term
• First and only president to have a state named after him
• First president to have a city named after him
• First president to be a member of the Society of the Cincinnati
George Washington, a Founding Father of the United States, led the Continental Army to victory in the Revolutionary War and was America’s first president.
• George Washington was an American political leader, military general, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. He led Patriot forces to victory in the nation’s War for Independence.
• Born: February 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, VA
• Died: December 14, 1799, George Washington’s Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon, VA
• Presidential term: April 30, 1789 – March 4, 1797
• Buried: December 18, 1799, George Washington’s Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon, VA
• Children: John (adopted); Patsy (adopted)
• George Washington was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1776, 13 years before becoming president
• First president of the United States.
• First president to appear on a postage stamp.
• First president to be a Freemason.
• First president to receive votes from every presidential elector in an election.
• First president to add “So help me God” to the Oath of Office.
• First president to command a standing field army while in office (during the Whiskey Rebellion).
• First president to have been a lieutenant general.
• First president to have a parent live to see him be elected and become president.
• First president to celebrate his 65th birthday while in office. Washington was born in February 1732 and turned 65 in February 1797. His term of office ended in March 1797.
• First president to be an Episcopalian.
• First president from Virginia.
• First president to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.
• First president to be younger than his wife.
• First president to have signed the United States Constitution.
• First president to have a ship named after him.
• First president to have a submarine named after him.
• First president to appear on a US coin (1900 commemorative).
• First president who wasn’t part of a political party.
• First president who served in the American Revolution
• First president who was a slave owner
• First president to decline to run for a third term
• First and only president to have a state named after him
• First president to have a city named after him
• First president to be a member of the Society of the Cincinnati
