41. GEORGE H.W. BUSH (1989-1993) — 41. G.H.W. BUSH

OVERVIEW:

BORN:
August 19, 1946;
Hope, Arkansas

EDUCATION:
Georgetown University (BS)
University College, Oxford (Rhodes Scholarship)
Yale University (JD)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
1977-1979:
Attorney General of Arkansas
1979-1981:
Governor of Arkansas
1983-1992:
Governor of Arkansas
1993-2001:
42nd President of the United States

FIRST LADY:

VICE PRESIDENT:

RESOURCES:

ClintonRabinArafat — 9/19/2993: President Clinton presiding over the handshake of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) Chairman Yasser Arafat during the Middle East Peace Agreement signing ceremony. on the South Lawn of the White House (Photo Credit: Vince Musi/ National Archives)

White House
Encyclopedia of Arkansas
Miller Center
American Presidents (C-SPAN)
Clinton Presidential Library
Clinton Digital Library
Public Papers (National Archives)
White House Websites (1995, 1999, 2000, 2000, Final, Library)
Oral Histories (Miller Center)
Transition Interviews (National Archives)
Speech Archive (Miller Center)
Public Papers (American Presidency Project)
The Clinton Years (PBS/ Frontline)
National Archives
Course on Clinton Presidency (University of Arkansas)
Clinton: PBS

PORTRAITS:

Artist: Simmie Knox (Official White House Portrait)

Artist: Nelson Shanks (National Portrait Gallery)

NOTABLE BOOKS:

1992 ELECTION:

DEMOCRATS:
WILLIAM J. CLINTON (PRESIDENT)
ALBERT GORE, JR. (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 370 (68.8%)
Popular Vote: 44,909,326 (43.0%)

REPUBLICANS:
GEORGE H.W. BUSH (PRESIDENT)
DAN QUAYLE (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 168 (31.2%)
Popular Vote: 39,103,882 (37.4%)

INDEPENDENT:
H. ROSS PEROT (PRESIDENT)
JAMES STOCKDALE (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 0 (0.0%)
Popular Vote: 19,741,657 (18.9%)

1993 INAUGURATION:

Bill Clinton 1993Inaug1.23.16 — 1/20/1993: Bill Clinton, standing between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton, takes the oath of office (Library of Congress)

1993 Address (Transcript, Video, Ceremonies)
Media (WP, NYT)
Joint Congressional Committee (1993)
Luncheon (1993)
Library of Congress (1993)
White House Photos

1996 ELECTION:

DEMOCRATS:
WILLIAM J. CLINTON (PRESIDENT)
ALBERT GORE, JR. (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 379 (70.4%)
Popular Vote: 47,402,357 (49.2%)

REPUBLICANS:
ROBERT J. DOLE (PRESIDENT)
JACK KEMP (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 159 (29.6%)
Popular Vote: 39,198,755 (40.7%)

REFORM PARTY:
H. ROSS PEROT (PRESIDENT)
PAT CHOATE (VICE PRESIDENT):
Electoral Vote: 0 (0%)
Popular Vote: 8,085, 402 (8.4%)

1997 INAUGURATION:

BillClinton1997Inaug1.22.16 — President Bill Clinton’s Second Inauguration on January 20, 1997 (Architect of the Capitol)

1997 Address (Transcript, Video, Ceremonies)
Media (NYT)
Joint Congressional Committee (1997)
Luncheon (1997)
Library of Congress (1997)

1998 IMPEACHMENT:

Impeachment, 12/20/1998 (WP, NYT, NYT)
Acquittal, 2/13/1999 (WP, NYT)
Media Archives (WP, NYT)
Senate Publications
University of Missouri
When the President Testified (NYT, 5/29/2018)

CLINTON ADMINISTRATION:

Clinton Cabinet 2.16.16 — President Blll Clinton with his cabinet in 1993 (White House Photo)

CHIEF OF STAFF:
Mack McLarty (1993-1994)
Leon E. Panetta (1994-1997)
Erskine B. Bowles (1997-1998)
John D. Podesta (1998-2001)

PRESS SECRETARY:
George Stephanopoulos (1993)
Dee Dee Myers (1993–1994)
Mike McCurry (1994–1998)
Joe Lockhart (1998–2000)
Jake Siewert (2000–2001)

SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE:
Michael Espy (1993–1994)
Dan R. Glickman (1995–2001)

SECRETARY OF COMMERCE:
Ronald H. Brown (1993–1996)
Mickey Kantor (1996–1997)
William Daley (1997–2000)
Norman Y. Mineta (2000–2001)

DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE:
R. James Woolsey (1993-1995)
John M. Deutch (1995-1996)
Anthony Lake (Withdrawn)
George J. Tenet (1997-2004)

CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF:
Colin Powell (1989-1993)
John Shalikashvili (1993-1997)
Hugh Shelton (1997-2001)

SECRETARY OF DEFENSE:
Les Aspin (1993–1994)
Bobby Ray Inman (Withdrawn)
William J. Perry (1994–1997)
William S. Cohen (1997–2001)

SECRETARY OF EDUCATION:
Richard W. Riley (1993–2001)

SECRETARY OF ENERGY:
Hazel O’Leary (1993–1997)
Federico Peña (1997–1998)
Bill Richardson (1998–2001)

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY:
Carol M. Browner (1993-2001)

SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES:
Donna E. Shalala (1993–2001)

SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR:
Bruce E. Babbitt (1993–2001)

ATTORNEY GENERAL:
Janet Reno (1993–2001)
Kimba Wood
Zoë Baird

SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT:
Henry G. Cisneros (1993–1997)
Andrew M. Cuomo (1997–2001)

SECRETARY OF LABOR:
Robert B. Reich (1993–1997)
Alexis M. Herman (1997–2001)

NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL DIRECTOR:
Robert E. Rubin (1993–1995)
Laura A. Tyson (1995–1996)
Gene Sperling (1996–2001)

CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS:
Laura Tyson (1993-1995)
Joseph Stiglitz (1995-1997)
Janet Yellen (1997-1999)
Martin N. Baily (1999-2001)

NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER:
Anthony Lake (1993-1997)
Samuel “Sandy” Berger (1997-2001)

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET DIRECTOR
Leon E. Panetta (1993–1994)
Alice M. Rivlin (1994–1996)
Franklin D. Raines (1996–1998)
Jacob J. Lew (1998–2001)

SECRETARY OF STATE:
Warren M. Christopher (1993–1997)
Madeleine K. Albright (1997–2001)

SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION:
Federico Peña (1993–1997)
Rodney E. Slater (1997–2001)

SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY:
Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr. (1993–1994)
Robert E. Rubin (1995–1999)
Lawrence H. Summers (1999–2001)

UNITED NATIONS AMBASSADOR:
Madeleine K. Albright (1993-1997)
Bill Richardson (1997-1998)
Richard Holbrooke (1999-2001)

U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE:
Mickey Kantor (1993-1996)
Charlene Barshefsky (1996-1997)

SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS:
Jesse Brown (1993–1998)
Togo D. West, Jr. (1998–2000)
Hershel W. Gober (Acting, 2000–2001)

CHAIRMAN OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE:
Alan Greenspan (1987–2006)

SUPREME COURT NOMINATIONS:

6/14/1993: President Clinton with Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the Rose Garden at the press conference held to announce Judge Ginsburg as President Clinton’s nominee to replace retiring Associate Supreme Court Justice Byron R. White. (Photo Credit: Sharon Farmer/ National Archives)

Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1993-2020)
Stephen G. Breyer (1994-2022)

CONGRESS:

Dole Clinton Gingrich 2.22.16f — Senator Robert Dole and President Clinton look at a paper while Newt Gingrich looks on (1995-09-11, Robert J. Dole Archive and Special Collections)

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE:
Thomas S. Foley (1989-1995)
Newt L. Gingrich (1995-1999)
J. Dennis Hastert (1999-2007)

SENATE MAJORITY LEADER:
George J. Mitchell (1989-1995)
Robert J. Dole (1995-1996)
Trent Lott (1996-2001)

MEDIA COVERAGE:

Bill Clinton 3.5.16 — President Clinton on a telephone call with California Governor Pete Wilson in the Oval Office on 10/28/1993 (Photo Credit: Sharon Farmer/ National Archives)

Profile (New York Magazine, 1/20/1992)
The Clinton Legacy (NYT Series, 12/2000)
Profile (New Yorker, 9/18/2006)
The Comeback Id (Vanity Fair, 7/2008)
Profile (NYT, 5/26/2009)