President Poppy, in other words President George Bush, was born in Milton, Massachusetts on June 12, 1924. Bush had two brothers and one sister. Even though he was born in Massachusetts he grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut. When Bush was a child he had five maids and a chauffeur. They even had a vacation home in Kennebunkport, Maine. He also had a senator in the family, his father. His father was Senator of Connecticut from 1952 to 1963.

George Bush was a graduate from Phillips Academy at Andover, Massachusetts in 1945. George Bush joined the United States Navy right after graduation and fought in World War II. He became a pilot and flew bombing missions against Japan at 18 years old and he flew 53 missions against Japan. Once his plane was shot down over the Pacific Ocean. Two crew members died but Bush survived. Within a few hours he was rescued and sent back to the United States.

In 1945 he married Barbara Pierce, a Greenwich, Connecticut woman.  Bush has a big family of 6 children! Their names are George, John, Neil, Marvin, Robin, and Dorothy. Sadly Robin died of leukemia at three years old. His son George W. Bush is running for President. 

Now married, he enrolled at Yale University. He was captain of the varsity baseball team and majored in economic at Yale University in Connecticut. Bush moved to Texas to get into the oil industry, at first Bush was painting oil rigs. After a while he began selling oil drilling equipment. Then Bush co-founded the Zapata Petroleum Corporation in 1953. In 1954 and was became President of the Zapata Offshore Corporation. By the time he was 41 he was a millionaire.

Bush was a Republican. When he was running for President he ran against Robert Dole, Pat Robertson, Michael Dukakis and Lloyd Benten. With Dan Quayle as his running mate he won with 53% of the votes, carrying 40 states and 426 electoral votes.

A great decision Bush made as President was when he sent troops to Panama and overthrew the government. He captured General Manuel Noriega. Bush also signed a compromise Civil Rights Bill in 1991. Bush also vetoed Family Leave bills twice in 1990 and 1992.

While he was President, the Cold War ended. George Bush also promised that while President, he would be an educational and environmental President but instead, the country had a banking scandal followed by deep recession.