George Herbert Walker Bush was born on June 12, 1924, in Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. He was the son of Prescott Sheldon Bush and Dorothy Wear Walker Bush. He was married to Barbara Pierce Bush. He was a World War II Navy aviator, Yale graduate, and Texas oil executive before entering politics.

George served as a congressman, U.N. ambassador, Republican National Committee chair, U.S. liaison to China, and CIA director, then became Reagan’s Vice President and won the presidency in 1988. His presidency oversaw the end of the Cold War, German reunification, the Panama invasion, and the Gulf War; he also signed major domestic laws including the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) and Clean Air Act Amendments (1990), while breaking his “no new taxes” pledge amid recession and deficits.

George appointed David Souter and Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court and signed NAFTA (later ratified under Clinton). After leaving office, he engaged in humanitarian work—often alongside Bill Clinton—and saw his son, George W., become the 43rd president. George died on November 30, 2018, and is now buried in the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, USA. He was generally ranked by historians as an above-average president.

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