Bush family facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Bush family
Samuel P. Bush Prescott S. Bush George H.W. Bush George W. Bush
Current region	Texas
Place of origin	New Sweden New York New England Midwestern United States
Estate(s)	Walker's Point Estate (Kennebunkport, Maine) Prairie Chapel Ranch (McLennan County, Texas)

The Bush family is an American political family that has played a prominent role in American politics since the 1950s, foremost as the first family of the United States from 1989 to 1993 and again from 2001 to 2009, during the respective presidencies of George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush. They also played prominent roles in areas of American news, sports, entertainment, and business. They were also the second family of the United States from 1981 to 1989, when George H. W. Bush was vice president. The Bush family is one of four families to have produced two presidents of the United States by the same surname; the others were the Adams, Roosevelt, and Harrison families.

Best known for their involvement in politics, family members have held various national and state offices spanning across four generations, including that of U.S. senator (Prescott Bush); governor (Jeb Bush and George W. Bush); and president (George H. W. Bush, who had previously served as vice president, and George W. Bush). Other family members include a National Football League (NFL) executive (Joe Ellis) and two nationally known television personalities (Billy Bush and Jenna Bush Hager).

The Bush family is of primarily English and German descent. The Bush family traces its European origin to the 17th century, with Samuel Bush being their first American-born ancestor, in 1647. They also have Swedish ancestry. The Swedish colonial society also says that the Bush family is very interested in this, since it is their oldest European roots going back ten generations to a Swedish farmer Måns Andersson who migrated from Gothenburg to New Sweden (Delaware).

Awards and honors

Sports

• Two-time Super Bowl champion – Joe Ellis (as an executive with the Denver Broncos)
• 1986 Theodore Roosevelt Award – George H.W. Bush
• 2007 National Football Foundation Gold Medal – George H. W. Bush
• World Golf Hall of Fame – George H. W. Bush (class of 2011)

Politics/public service

• Three-time Time Person of the Year
  • George H. W. Bush (1990)
  • George W. Bush (2000, 2004)
• Two-time Silver Buffalo Award winners
  • George H. W. Bush (1990)
  • George W. Bush (2002)
• Seven statues
  • George H.W. Bush – three (Houston, TX, Rapid City, SD, Washington, D.C.)
  • George W. Bush – three (Rapid City, SD, Hamilton, OH, Fushe Kruje, Albania)
  • George H.W./George W. Bush (shared) – one (Dallas, TX)
• 1989: Jersey Street in College Station, TX renamed George Bush Drive in honor of George H.W. Bush
• 1997: George Bush Intercontinental Airport named in honor of George H. W. Bush
• 2007: Ronald Reagan Freedom Award – George H. W. Bush
• 2010: Presidential Medal of Freedom – George H. W. Bush
• 2013: Portion of U.S. Highway 75 in Dallas, TX renamed George W. Bush Expressway

Military

• Presidential Unit Citation – George H. W. Bush
• Distinguished Flying Cross – George H. W. Bush
• Three-time Air Medal recipient – George H. W. Bush
• Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath – George H. W. Bush
• Commander of the Order of St John – William H. T. Bush
• USS George H.W. Bush commissioned in 2009 – George H.W. Bush
• National Defense Service Medal – George W. Bush, George P. Bush
• Joint Service Commendation Medal – George P. Bush

Family Network

Associates

Businesses

Charities, Colleges & Nonprofit Organizations

Political offices held

The Bush family are among four American families (Adams, Harrison, and Roosevelt being the others) to have had multiple members serve as U.S. President.

George P. Bush represents the fourth generation of the Bush family to have held elected office after becoming Texas Land Commissioner in 2015

President

• George H. W. Bush (41st) – 1989–1993
• George W. Bush (43rd) – 2001–2009

Vice President

• George H. W. Bush (43rd) – 1981–1989

U.S. Congress

• Prescott Bush (Senator from Connecticut) – 1952–1963
• George H. W. Bush (Representative from Texas) – 1967–1971

Governor

• George W. Bush (Texas) – 1995–2000
• Jeb Bush (Florida) – 1999–2007

Other

• George H. W. Bush
  • UN Ambassador (1971–1973)
  • RNC Chairman (1973–1974)
  • Ambassador to China (1974–1975)
  • CIA Director (1976–1977)
• Jeb Bush
  • Florida Secretary of Commerce (1987–1989)
• George P. Bush
  • Texas Land Commissioner (2015–2023)
• Walker Stapleton
  • Colorado State Treasurer (2011–2019)

See also

• List of presidents of the United States
• List of Bush family members
• Political families of the world