Birth: Milton, Massachusetts, June 12, 1924

Ancestry: English

Father: Prescott Bush

Mother: Dorothy Walker Bush

Brothers: Prescott Sheldon Bush (1922-); Jonathan James Bush (1931-); William Henry Trotter Bush (1938-)

Sister: Nancy Bush (1926-)

Religious Affiliation: Episcopalian

Education: Private Schools; Philips (Andover) Academy; Yale University (B.A., 1948)

Occupation Before Presidency: Co-founder of Zapata Petroleum and Zapata Off-Shore (drilling in Gulf of Mexico)

Military Service: Pliot, United States Navy (active duty from June 12, 1942-September 18, 1945)

Prepresidential Offices: United States congressman; United States ambassador to UN (1971-1973); Chairman of the Republican National Committee (1973-1974); United States liaison to China (1974-1975); Director of CIA (1976-1977); United States Vice President

Inauguration Age: 64

Occupations After Presidency: Writer; Speaker

Inauguration: January 20, 1989; The Capitol, Washington, D.C.

Vice President: J. Danforth "Dan" Quayle

Secretary of State: James A. Baker, III; Lawrence S. Eagleburger (from December 8, 1992)

Secretary of the Treasury: Nicholas F. Brady

Secretary of Defense: Richard B. Cheney

Attorney General: Richard L. Thornburgh; William P. Barr (from November 20, 1991)

Secretary of the Interior: Manuel Lujan, Jr.; Edward Madigan (from March 7, 1991)

Secretary of Agriculture: Clayton K. Yeutter

Secretary of Commerce: Robert A. Mosbacher; Barbara H. Franklin (from February 27, 1992)

Secretary of Labor: Elizabeth H. Dole

Secretary of Health and Human Services: Louis W. Sullivan

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Jack F. Kamp

Secretary of Transportation: Samuel K. Skinner; Andrew H. Card (from January 22, 1992)

Secretary of Energy: James D. Watkins

Secretary of Education: Lauro F. Cavazos, Jr.; Lamar Alexander (from March 14, 1991)

Secretary of Veterans Affairs: Edward J. Derwinski

Supreme Court Appointments: David H Souter (1990); Clarence Thomas (1991)

Congress #101 (January 3, 1989-October 28, 1990):

Senate: 55 Democrats; 45 Republicans

House: 260 Democrats; 175 Republicans

Congress #102 (January 3, 1991-October 9, 1992):

Senate: 56 Democrats; 44 Republicans

House: 267 Democrats; 167 Republicans