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She and Bush became engaged in 1943 and married in January 1945.<ref>Bush 1999, 16, 37, 57.</ref> She is mother to former President [[George W. Bush]], former [[Florida]] [[Governor]] [[Jeb Bush]], Neil Bush, Marvin Bush, Dorothy Bush, and Pauline Bush, who died at the age of four from [[leukemia]]. George W. Bush's daughter Barbara Pierce Bush is named for her grandmother. | She and Bush became engaged in 1943 and married in January 1945.<ref>Bush 1999, 16, 37, 57.</ref> She is mother to former President [[George W. Bush]], former [[Florida]] [[Governor]] [[Jeb Bush]], Neil Bush, Marvin Bush, Dorothy Bush, and Pauline Bush, who died at the age of four from [[leukemia]]. George W. Bush's daughter Barbara Pierce Bush is named for her grandmother. | ||
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| + | In 2016, Mrs. Bush campaigned for her son, Jeb, in the Republican presidential primary in [[New Hampshire]]. She was photographed with her walker in the cold weather. Earlier she had discouraged her son from seeking the presidency because of the "family dynasty" consideration. Jeb Bush's candidacy went nowhere, and the party chose the outsider candidate, [[Donald Trump]]. George and Barbara Bush indicated that they voted for the unsuccessful [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] nominee, [[Hillary Clinton]] in the race against Trump though the Bushes owed their longstanding political careers to Republican voters. George W. Bush would not say whether he voted for Trump or Clinton. | ||
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Barbara Pierce Bush (June 8, 1925 – April 17, 2018) was the wife of U.S. President George Herbert Walker Bush. She served as First Lady of the United States from 1989 through 1993 and as Second Lady (wife of the Vice President) from 1981 through 1989.
Early life and education
Born Barbara Pierce in New York City, she grew up in Rye, New York.
Marriage and family
She and Bush became engaged in 1943 and married in January 1945.[1] She is mother to former President George W. Bush, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, Neil Bush, Marvin Bush, Dorothy Bush, and Pauline Bush, who died at the age of four from leukemia. George W. Bush's daughter Barbara Pierce Bush is named for her grandmother.
In 2016, Mrs. Bush campaigned for her son, Jeb, in the Republican presidential primary in New Hampshire. She was photographed with her walker in the cold weather. Earlier she had discouraged her son from seeking the presidency because of the "family dynasty" consideration. Jeb Bush's candidacy went nowhere, and the party chose the outsider candidate, Donald Trump. George and Barbara Bush indicated that they voted for the unsuccessful Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton in the race against Trump though the Bushes owed their longstanding political careers to Republican voters. George W. Bush would not say whether he voted for Trump or Clinton.
Second Lady
First Lady
After the White House
Barbara Bush lives with her husband in Houston, Texas.
Rarely has a First Lady been greeted by the American people and the press with the approbation and warmth accorded to Barbara Pierce Bush. Perhaps this is prompted by the image she calls "everybody's grandmother." People are comfortable with her white hair, her warm, relaxed manner, and her keen wit. With characteristic directness, she says people like her because they know "I'm fair and I like children and I adore my husband." [2]
Death at 92
Mrs. Bush died in her home in Houston at the age of ninety-two just a few days after she announced that she would no longer seek medical treatment for her chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure, and Graves' disease. Instead, she would accept only "comfort care."
Notes
- ↑ Bush 1999, 16, 37, 57.
- ↑ Barbara Pierce Bush biography The White House
References
- Bush, George. All the Best, George Bush: My Life in Letters and Other Writings. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999.