George Bush
Fourty-first President of the United States
1989-1993
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Date of birth: June 12, 1924
Place of birth: Milton, Massachusetts
Party: Republican
Wife: Barbara Pierce
Occupation: Businessman, Public Official

During his presidency, George Bush

• had a Vice President J. Danforth Quayle
  
• passed a savings and loan plan
  
• witnesses world's largest oil spill (Exxon Valdez)
  
• named David H. Souter a Supreme Court justice
  
• leads attacks against Iraq in Gulf War
  
• loses re-election