8 Facts About Bush Family

1. In 1995, Bush Family received the Award for Greatest Public Service Benefiting the Disadvantaged, an award given out annually by Jefferson Awards.

2. In November 2008, Bush Family was hospitalized for abdominal pains and underwent small intestine surgery.

3. In 1988, Vice President Bush Family announced his candidacy for President to succeed the term-limited President Reagan.

4. In 1963, George Bush Family was elected Harris County Republican Party chairman, in the first of what would become many elections.

5. In 1998, Bush Family became the first Texas governor to be elected to consecutive four-year terms.

6. In 1998, Bush Family sold his share of the team for a reported 17 times his initial investment.

7. In 1986, Bush Family sold his struggling oil business to Harken Energy Corporation for stock and a seat on its board of directors.

8. In 1977, at a backyard barbeque, Bush Family was introduced by friends to Laura Welch, a school teacher and librarian.