Bush, George, 1924-2018
- Authoritative Name:
- Bush, George, 1924-2018
- Biography:
- "BUSH, George Herbert Walker, (son of Prescott Sheldon Bush), a Representative from Texas and a Vice President of the United States and 41st President of the United States; born in Milton, Suffolk County, Mass., June 12, 1924; graduated, Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. 1942; graduated Yale University 1948; lieutenant (jg.) United States Navy 1942-1945; formed Bush-Overbey Oil Development, Inc., Midland, Tex. 1951; helped organize Zapata Petroleum Corp., Midland, Tex. 1953, and first president of Zapata Off-Shore Co., Midland, Tex. 1954; unsuccessful nominee in 1964 to the United States Senate; elected as a Republican to the Ninetieth Congress; reelected to the Ninety-first Congress (January 3, 1967-January 3, 1971); was not a candidate for reelection in 1970 to the House of Representatives but was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate; United States Ambassador to the United Nations 1971-1973; chairman, Republican National Committee 1973-1974; chief United States liaison officer, People's Republic of China 1974-1976; director, Central Intelligence Agency 1976-1977; unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in 1980, but was elected Vice President of the United States on the Republican ticket with President Ronald Reagan, November 4, 1980, and reelected 1984; Vice President of the United States 1981-1989; elected President of the United States in 1988, and was inaugurated on January 20, 1989; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1992; awarded the title of Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath by Queen Elizabeth II in 1993; died on November 30, 2018, in Houston, Tex.; lay in state in the Capitol Rotunda, December 3, 2018, to December 5, 2018; interment at the George H. W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, College Station, Tex."--Directory of the United States Congress.
- Alternate Names:
- United States. President (1989-1993 : Bush)
- Associated Subjects:
- Bush, George, 1924-2018
- Archival Collections And Reference Resources:
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19 items in 9 collections (expand all)
COPE, 1986-1988
- Creator:
- AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
- Date of Original:
- 1986
1987
1988 - Collection:
- AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
- Contributing Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
--Crisis chief reporting as ordered, sir / Baldy, [1981 Mar. 26]
- Creator:
- Baldowski, Clifford H., 1917-1999
- Date of Original:
- 1981-03-26
- Collection:
- Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997: Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoons at the Richard B. Russell Library.
- Contributing Institution:
- Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
--Look who's back in vogue acting like one of us! / Baldy, [1979 Apr. 30]
- Creator:
- Baldowski, Clifford H., 1917-1999
- Date of Original:
- 1979-04-30
- Collection:
- Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997: Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoons at the Richard B. Russell Library.
- Contributing Institution:
- Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
--Rabied!-- This place is full of them! / Baldy, [1979]
- Creator:
- Baldowski, Clifford H., 1917-1999
- Date of Original:
- 1979
- Collection:
- Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997: Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoons at the Richard B. Russell Library.
- Contributing Institution:
- Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
--That does it Mr. Bush! Where to now? / Baldy, [1980]
- Creator:
- Baldowski, Clifford H., 1917-1999
- Date of Original:
- 1980
- Collection:
- Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997: Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoons at the Richard B. Russell Library.
- Contributing Institution:
- Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
--You only live once, Nancy / Baldy, [1981 Jan. 20]
- Creator:
- Baldowski, Clifford H., 1917-1999
- Date of Original:
- 1981-01-20
- Collection:
- Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997: Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoons at the Richard B. Russell Library.
- Contributing Institution:
- Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
[Baldy cartoon on the 1980 elections and the Republican Party] / Baldy, [1980?]
- Creator:
- Baldowski, Clifford H., 1917-1999
- Date of Original:
- 1980
- Collection:
- Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997: Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoons at the Richard B. Russell Library.
- Contributing Institution:
- Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
Letter from Barbara C. Jordan to George H. W. Bush, April 3, 1967]
- Creator:
- Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Bush, George, 1924- - Date of Original:
- 1967-04-03
- Collection:
- Barbara C. Jordan Archives
- Contributing Institution:
- Texas Southern University. Library
Congress of Racial Equality--Miscellaneous Publications; Pamphlet Collection, 69-318
- Creator:
- Congress of Racial Equality
- Date of Original:
- 1942/1966
- Collection:
- Freedom Summer Digital Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Wisconsin Historical Society
Kaplow--Friends of SNCC - General, 1964-1967, undated (Alicia Kaplow papers, 1964-1968; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 507, Box 1, Folder 5)
- Creator:
- Kaplow, Alicia, 1945-
- Date of Original:
- 1964
- Collection:
- Freedom Summer Digital Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Wisconsin Historical Society
Kaplow--Friends of SNCC - correspondence, 1964-1967, undated (Alicia Kaplow papers, 1964-1968; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 507, Box 1, Folder 3)
- Creator:
- Kaplow, Alicia, 1945-
- Date of Original:
- 1964/1966
- Collection:
- Freedom Summer Digital Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Wisconsin Historical Society
Lynd--Printed material, February 1963-October 1965 & undated (Staughton and Alice Lynd papers 1938-2008; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 395, Box 5, Folder 1)
- Creator:
- Lynd, Staughton
- Date of Original:
- 1963/1965
- Collection:
- Freedom Summer Digital Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Wisconsin Historical Society
Lynd--Printed material, February 1963-October 1965 & undated (Staughton and Alice Lynd papers 1938-2008; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 395, Box 5, Folder 2)
- Creator:
- Lynd, Staughton
- Date of Original:
- 1963/1965
- Collection:
- Freedom Summer Digital Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Wisconsin Historical Society
Lynd--Printed material, February 1963-October 1965 & undated (Staughton and Alice Lynd papers 1938-2008; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 395, Box 5, Folder 3)
- Creator:
- Lynd, Staughton
- Date of Original:
- 1963/1965
- Collection:
- Freedom Summer Digital Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Wisconsin Historical Society
Oral history interview with David Gambrell, 1992 September 21
- Creator:
- Gambrell, David Henry, 1929-
- Date of Original:
- 1992-09-21
- Collection:
- Georgia Political Papers and Oral History Program
- Contributing Institution:
- University of West Georgia. Special Collections
[Letter from E. B. Germany on behalf of Texas Democrats for George Bush]
- Creator:
- Germany, E. B. (Gene)
- Date of Original:
- 1930/1987
- Collection:
- John J. Herrera Papers
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
Bush on Watergate--outtakes
- Creator:
- WIS-TV
- Date of Original:
- 1973-04-24
- Collection:
- Local Television Newsfilm Collections
- Contributing Institution:
- South Caroliniana Library
A life of public service : a conversation with Judge Griffin B. Bell, 15 June 2004.
- Creator:
- Bell, Griffin B., 1918-2009
Shipp, Bill - Date of Original:
- 2004-06-15
- Collection:
- Richard B. Russell Library Oral History Documentary collection, 1986-2006
- Contributing Institution:
- Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
Oral history interview of Tracy Gordon
- Creator:
- VerHoef, Sue Hardy
Woods, Ed
Gordon, Tracy, 1971- - Date of Original:
- 2018-06-04
- Collection:
- Veterans History Project: Oral History Interviews
- Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta History Center