George W. Bush served as the 43rd President of the United States of American from 2001 to 2009.  George Bush is married to Laura Bush and has two children, Barbara Pierce Bush and and Jenna Welch Hager. Bush is the oldest son of George H.W. and Barbara Bush.  He received a bachelor’s degree in history from Yale University, as well as his M.B.A. from Harvard in 1975 and worked for an oil and gas company until marriage.  Bush gave up drinking alcohol after the age of 40.  He stated that alcohol was beginning to crowd out his energy.  Bush later co-owned the Texas Rangers baseball team, as well as running for the governor of Texas in 1994.  Bush won the election, 53 percent to 46 percent, being the first person to be a state governor while their father was in presidency.  He was also the first Governor in Texas to be elected for four consecutive years.  As governor, Bush raised state spending on elementary and secondary education and made wages and benefits of teachers and administrations pending on the student’s testing.  He also worked with Congress to promote an ownership society and build opportunity and security for American’s.  He also created the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.  Bush was sworn into presidency on January 20, 2001, receiving the majority of the electoral votes.  George W. Bush was the first person to become president since 1888 despite loosing the nationwide popular vote.  He was reelected in 2004, defeating John Kerry, as well as being the first president to obtain a majority in both houses of Congress since the 1950’s. Bush’s main campaign focus into re-election was his conduct of the war on terrorism.  Bush was preceded by Bill Clinton and and succeeded by Barack Obama.  George W. Bush was in office from January 20, 2001 to January 20, 2009.