1. Kaitlin Anderson Government 4/11/11

2.  Birth: June 12, 1924  Term of Office: January 20, 1989 - January 20, 1993

3.  Number of Terms Elected: 1 Term  First Lady: Barbara Pierce

4.  Bush gained the nomination in 1988 to run for president.  Bush chose Dan Quayle to run as Vice President.

5.  Bush won with 54% of the popular vote and 426 out of 537 electoral votes.  The campaign was extremely negative and centered around attacks instead of plans for the future.

6.  When Bush lost in the 1992 election to Bill Clinton, he retired from public service.  He has since joined with Bill Clinton since the latter's retirement from the presidency to raise money for victims of the tsunami that hit in Thailand (2004) and Hurricane Katrina (2005).

7.  Major Events While in Office:  Invasion of Panama (1989)  Savings and Loan bail out (1989)  Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska (1989)  Americans with Disabilities Act (1990)  Break up of the Soviet Union (1991)  Persian Gulf War(1990-91)  Education: Yale graduate (1948) with a degree in economics.

8. "I'm conservative, but I'm not a nut about it."