George W. Bush Net Worth

George W. Bush's Quotes

• [Lacrosse, WI, Oct. 18, 2000] Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream.
• [Greensboro, NC, Oct. 10, 2000] Our priorities is our faith.
• [St. Louis, MO, Oct. 18, 2000] If affirmative action means what I just described, what I'm for, then I'm for it.
• Quotas are bad for America. It's not the way America is all about.
• Mr. Vice President, in all due respect, it is - I'm not sure 80 percent of the people get the death tax. I know this: 100 percent will get it if I'm the president.

Interesting Facts about George W. Bush

1. Son of 41st President of the United States George Bush (George Herbert Walker Bush) and Barbara Bush, and paternal grandson of Connecticut U.S. Senator Prescott Bush.
2. Elected to two terms as Texas Governor, defeating Governor Ann Richards in 1994, winning re-election in 1998, and thereby became the first governor in Texas history to be elected to two consecutive four-year terms.
3. Served in the Texas Air National Guard.
4. Arrested in 1976 for driving under the influence of alcohol, in Kennebunkport, Maine. Pled guilty, paid fine, and had driver's license suspended for 30 days.
5. He began his career in the oil and gas business in Midland, Texas in 1975 and worked in the energy industry until 1986.
6. Has fraternal twin daughters, Barbara Bush and Jenna Bush Hager, were born November 25, 1981.
7. He was the managing general partner of the Texas Rangers baseball team from 1989-1994.
8. He graduated from Yale University with a degree in history, and then earned an MBA from Harvard University. Despite this, his supposed lack of intelligence was often the subject of ridicule by comedians. Robin Williams criticized Bush's malapropisms and said "Comparing him to Churchill is akin to comparing Margaret Thatcher and Paris Hilton." Similarly, British satirist Ian Hislop once commented that Bush "makes Reagan look like Einstein".
9. Is only the second President in United States history to be the son of a former President, after 2nd President of the United States John Adams, and his son, 6th President of the United States John Quincy Adams.
10. He was named Time magazine's "Person of the Year 2000" on December 18, 2000, which was just five days after the Supreme Court decided the landmark case of Bush v. Gore, deciding the 2000 U.S. Presidential Election in his favor.
11. Collects autographed baseballs and owns over 250.
12. (Fall 2000) Daughter Barbara Bush is attending Yale University, her father's (class of 1968), her grandfather's (George Bush, class of 1948), her great grandfather's (US Senator Prescott Bush, class of 1917), and her great-great-great grandfather's (Rev. James Smith Bush, class of 1844) alma mater.
13. Portrayed by Will Ferrell on Saturday Night Live (1975).
14. Arrested twice for college pranks (charges dropped) for celebrating a Yale football victory by pulling up Princeton goal posts and for "borrowing" a large Christmas wreath from a store door (source: Washington Post).
15. Is the only U.S. president ever to father twins.
16. His twin daughters have been in trouble with the law in recent months. In October 2000, Barbara Bush tried to use a fake ID to buy alcohol at a bar in New Haven, CT, but was not served and was not arrested. In February 2001, Jenna Bush Hager sent her Secret Service agents to bail her friend out of jail after he had been arrested for underage drinking. In April 2001, Barbara gave her Secret Service agents the slip while on her way to a WWF match in NYC. Also in April 2001, Jenna was cited for underage drinking at an Austin bar and pleaded no contest to the charges. She paid $51.25 in court costs, performed eight hours of community service doing clerical and research work at the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, and attended eight hours of alcohol awareness classes. In May 2001 both Barbara and Jenna were cited for alcohol offenses. Barbara pleaded no contest to being a minor in possession of alcohol and was sentenced to probation, eight hours of community service, alcohol awareness classes, and a $100 fine. Jenna pleaded innocent to trying to buy alcohol with a fake ID and will be tried in Austin on July 31, 2001. [June 2001]
17. Named one of People Magazine's "25 Most Intriguing People of 2001."
18. Is the first US president to hold an MBA (Master of Business Administration) degree.
19. His 1500-acre Crawford, TX, ranch is named Prairie Chapel.
20. Is the cousin of Billy Bush.