Bush, George W. b. New Haven, Conn., 1946. Forty-third U.S. president. A former governor of Texas, George Walker Bush was the second son of a former president to ascend to the top office, winning the controversial 2000
election despite losing the popular vote to the sitting vice president, Al Gore.
Bush didn't capture a majority in the Electoral College until five weeks after the election, when the U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 to suspend recounts in
Florida, which Bush a ... |