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George
Bush - 43rd Vice President
Party: Republican
Term: Jan 20, 1981 - Jan 20, 1989
Age at Inauguration: 56
Life Span: June 12, 1924 -
President:Ronald Reagan |
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- More than 150 years passed before
a vice president, George Bush, was elected directly to the presidency
President George Bush
- The last seated VP to be elected was
Martin Van Buren in 1836
- Bush was called Poppy by family members
- At age 18 he served as the youngest
navy pilot during WWII
- His plane was shot down by the Japanese
in the Pacific where he spent four hours on a life raft until
rescued
- Following the war he was awarded four
medals including the Distinguished Flying Cross
- He played baseball and was the starting
first baseman for Yale in the College World Series Baseball
Presidents
- He was the only president o serve
as chairman of the Republican Party, and before his vice presidency
he was
appointed as CIA Director
- He served eight years as vice president
under Ronald Reagan
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