By way of following up on the Krugman smear about Republican nepotism, we offer the following from The Political Graveyard on the political geneology of the Bush family. As you see, all of this nepotism started in 1778, so nefarious are these people. Enjoy.
- William P. Walker (1778-1858) Father-in-law of Julius Rockwell and David Davis. Born in Lenox, Berkshire County, Mass., October 8, 1778. Member of
Massachusetts state house of representatives; member of Massachusetts
state senate; member of Massachusetts
Governor’s Council; probate judge, 1824-48. Died in Lenox,
Berkshire
County, Mass.,November
11, 1858. Burial location unknown. - Julius Rockwell (1805-1888) Son-in-law of
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker9.html#0IS19082W” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker9.html#0IS19082W” >William
P. Walker; father of
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rockwell.html#R9M0JB61Y” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rockwell.html#R9M0JB61Y” >Francis
Williams Rockwell. Born in Colebrook,
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI.html#BORN” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI.html#BORN” >Litchfield
County, Conn.,
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/born-apr-26.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/born-apr-26.html” >April
26,
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/born-1805.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/born-1805.html” >1805.
Member of
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html” >Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1834;
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html” >U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1843-51;
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/ussen.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/ussen.html” >U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1854-55; state court judge, 1859.
Died
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/died-may-19.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/died-may-19.html” >May
19,
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/died-1888.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/died-1888.html” >1888.
Interment at
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE.html#RAR1B7MQC” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE.html#RAR1B7MQC” >Lenox
Cemetery, Lenox, Mass. See also:
xhref=”http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000368″ mce_href=”http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000368″ >congressional
biography. - David Davis (1815-1886) of Bloomington,
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML.html#LIVED” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML.html#LIVED” >McLean
County, Ill. Son-in-law of
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker9.html#0IS19082W” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker9.html#0IS19082W” >William
P. Walker; cousin of
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis4.html#R9M0IUG4J” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis4.html#R9M0IUG4J” >Henry
Winter Davis; great-grandfather of
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis2.html#S571ACMTJ” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis2.html#S571ACMTJ” >David
Davis IV; first cousin thrice removed of
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#R9M0IRCAS” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#R9M0IRCAS” >George
Herbert Walker Bush. Born near Cecilton,
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CE.html#BORN” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CE.html#BORN” >Cecil
County, Md.,
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/born-mar-09.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/born-mar-09.html” >March
9,
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/born-1815.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/born-1815.html” >1815.
Member of
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html” >Illinois
state house of representatives, 1845;
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/cncn2.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/cncn2.html” >delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention, 1847; state court
judge, 1848;
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/judic1.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/judic1.html” >Justice of
U.S. Supreme Court, 1862-77; received one electoral vote for
President,
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp-1872.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp-1872.html” >1872;
U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1877-83.
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html” >Presbyterian.
Died
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/died-jun-26.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/died-jun-26.html” >June
26,
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/died-1886.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/died-1886.html” >1886.
Interment at
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML.html#RA50MJX7M” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML.html#RA50MJX7M” >Evergreen
Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill. See also:
xhref=”http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000097″ mce_href=”http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000097″ >congressional
biography. - Henry Winter Davis (1817-1865) Cousin of
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis2.html#R9M0IUFFS” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis2.html#R9M0IUFFS” >David
Davis. Born in Annapolis,
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/AA.html#BORN” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/AA.html#BORN” >Anne Arundel
County, Md.,
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/born-aug-16.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/born-aug-16.html” >August
16,
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/born-1817.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/born-1817.html” >1817.
U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1855-61, 1863-65 (4th District
1855-61, 3rd District 1863-65).
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html” >Episcopalian.
Died in
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba4.html#DIED” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba4.html#DIED” >Baltimore,
Md.,
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/died-dec-30.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/died-dec-30.html” >December
30,
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/died-1865.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/died-1865.html” >1865.
Original interment at
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba5.html#R9X0MNA0T” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba5.html#R9X0MNA0T” >St.
Paul’s Protestant Episcopal Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.; reinterment
at
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba5.html#R9T0XKBSH” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba5.html#R9T0XKBSH” >Greenmount
Cemetery, Baltimore, Md. See also:
xhref=”http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000104″ mce_href=”http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000104″ >congressional
biography. - Francis Williams Rockwell (1844-1929) Son of
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rockwell.html#R9M0JB6CL” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rockwell.html#R9M0JB6CL” >Julius
Rockwell. Born in Pittsfield,
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE.html#BORN” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE.html#BORN” >Berkshire
County, Mass.,
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/born-may-26.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/born-may-26.html” >May
26,
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/born-1844.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/born-1844.html” >1844.
Republican. State court judge, 1873; member of
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html” >Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1879; member of
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/stsen.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/stsen.html” >Massachusetts
state senate, 1881;
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html” >U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 12th District, 1884-91. Died
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/died-jun-26.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/died-jun-26.html” >June
26,
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/died-1929.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/died-1929.html” >1929.
Interment at
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE.html#R9T0XKCDQ” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE.html#R9T0XKCDQ” >Pittsfield
Cemetery, Pittsfield, Mass. See also:
xhref=”http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000365″ mce_href=”http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000365″ >congressional
biography. - Prescott Sheldon Bush (1895-1972) — also known as
Prescott S. Bush — of Greenwich,
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA3.html#LIVED” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA3.html#LIVED” >Fairfield
County, Conn. Father of
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#R9M0IRCAS” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#R9M0IRCAS” >George
Herbert Walker Bush; grandfather of
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#ROK074H8X” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#ROK074H8X” >George
Walker Bush and
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#S5N0KM53O” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#S5N0KM53O” >John
Ellis Bush. Born in Columbus,
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/FR.html#BORN” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/FR.html#BORN” >Franklin
County, Ohio,
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/born-may-15.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/born-may-15.html” >May
15,
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/born-1895.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/born-1895.html” >1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Connecticut,
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/CT.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/CT.html” >1948,xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/CT.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/CT.html” >1964
(alternate);
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/ussen.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/ussen.html” >U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1952-63; defeated, 1950.
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html” >Episcopalian.
Member,
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html” >American
Legion;
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/group/40-8.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/group/40-8.html” >Forty and
Eight. Died in New York City (
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ZZ.html#DIED” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ZZ.html#DIED” >unknown
county), N.Y.,
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/died-oct-08.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/died-oct-08.html” >October
8,
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/died-1972.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/died-1972.html” >1972.
Interment at
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA5.html#RAM0TMIA8″ mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA5.html#RAM0TMIA8″ >Putnam
Cemetery, Greenwich, Conn. See also:
xhref=”http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001167″ mce_href=”http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001167″ >congressional
biography. - David Davis IV (1906-1978) of Bloomington,
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML.html#LIVED” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML.html#LIVED” >McLean
County, Ill. Great-grandson of
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis2.html#R9M0IUFFS” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis2.html#R9M0IUFFS” >David
Davis. Born in Bloomington,
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML.html#BORN” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML.html#BORN” >McLean
County, Ill.,
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/born-jul-29.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/born-jul-29.html” >July
29,
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/born-1906.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/born-1906.html” >1906.
Lawyer; member of
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html” >Illinois
state senate, 1953-67;
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/cncn6.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/cncn6.html” >delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 37th District,
1969-70.
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html” >Presbyterian.
Member,
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html” >American Bar
Association;
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html” >American
Judicature Society. Died in Bloomington,
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML.html#DIED” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML.html#DIED” >McLean
County, Ill.,
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/died-apr-14.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/died-apr-14.html” >April
14,
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/died-1978.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/died-1978.html” >1978.
Interment at
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML.html#RA50MJX7M” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML.html#RA50MJX7M” >Evergreen
Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill. - George Herbert Walker Bush (b. 1924) — also known as
George Bush; “Poppy” — of Houston,
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR.html#LIVED” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR.html#LIVED” >Harris
County, Tex. First cousin, thrice removed of
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis2.html#R9M0IUFFS” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis2.html#R9M0IUFFS” >David
Davis; son of
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#R9M0IRCEC” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#R9M0IRCEC” >Prescott
Sheldon Bush; father of
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#ROK074H8X” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#ROK074H8X” >George
Walker Bush and
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#S5N0KM53O” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#S5N0KM53O” >John
Ellis Bush. Born in Milton,
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO.html#BORN” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO.html#BORN” >Norfolk
County, Mass.,
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/born-jun-12.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/born-jun-12.html” >June
12,
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/born-1924.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/born-1924.html” >1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Texas,
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/TX.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/TX.html” >1964;
candidate for
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/ussen.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/ussen.html” >U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1964, 1970;
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html” >U.S.
Representative from Texas 7th District, 1967-71;
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/diplo7.html#UNITEDNATIONS” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/diplo7.html#UNITEDNATIONS” >U.S.
Representative to the United Nations, 1971-73;
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/index.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/index.html” >Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1973-74; candidate for Republican
nomination for President,
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1980/index.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1980/index.html” >1980;
Vice
President of the United States, 1981-89;
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html” >President
of the United States, 1989-93; defeated, 1992.
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html” >Episcopalian.
Member,
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/group/cfr.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/group/cfr.html” >Council on
Foreign Relations;
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html” >American
Legion;
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-kappa-epsilon.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-kappa-epsilon.html” >Delta
Kappa Epsilon. Still living as of 2001. See also:
xhref=”http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001166″ mce_href=”http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001166″ >congressional
biography. Books by George H. W. Bush:
xhref=”http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/068483958X/thepoliticalg-20″ mce_href=”http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/068483958X/thepoliticalg-20″ >All
The Best, George Bush: My Life and Other Writings (1999),
xhref=”http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385141815/thepoliticalg-20″ mce_href=”http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385141815/thepoliticalg-20″ >Looking
Forward (1987, out of print),
xhref=”http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0679432485/thepoliticalg-20″ mce_href=”http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0679432485/thepoliticalg-20″ >A
World Transformed (1998); Books about George H. W. Bush: John
Robert Greene,
xhref=”http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0700609938/thepoliticalg-20″ mce_href=”http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0700609938/thepoliticalg-20″ >The
Presidency of George Bush. - George Walker Bush (b. 1946) — also known as George W.
Bush; “Dubya” — Grandson of
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#R9M0IRCEC” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#R9M0IRCEC” >Prescott
Sheldon Bush; son of
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#R9M0IRCAS” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#R9M0IRCAS” >George
Herbert Walker Bush; brother of
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#S5N0KM53O” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#S5N0KM53O” >John
Ellis Bush. Born
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/born-jul-06.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/born-jul-06.html” >July
6,
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/born-1946.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/born-1946.html” >1946.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas,
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1988/TX.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1988/TX.html” >1988;
Governor
of Texas, 1995-2000;
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html” >President
of the United States, 2001-.
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html” >Methodist.
Member,
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-kappa-epsilon.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-kappa-epsilon.html” >Delta
Kappa Epsilon. Still living as of 2001. Books by George W. Bush:xhref=”http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060957921/thepoliticalg-20″ mce_href=”http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060957921/thepoliticalg-20″ >A
Charge to Keep (1999). - John Ellis Bush (b. 1953) — also known as Jeb Bush
— Grandson of
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#R9M0IRCEC” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#R9M0IRCEC” >Prescott
Sheldon Bush; son of
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#R9M0IRCAS” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#R9M0IRCAS” >George
Herbert Walker Bush; brother of
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#ROK074H8X” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#ROK074H8X” >George
Walker Bush. Born in Midland,
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/MD.html#BORN” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/MD.html#BORN” >Midland
County, Tex.,
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/born-feb-11.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/born-feb-11.html” >February
11,
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/born-1953.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/born-1953.html” >1953.
Republican.
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/gov.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/gov.html” >Governor of
Florida, 1999-; defeated, 1994.
xhref=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html” mce_href=”http://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html” >Catholic.
Still living as of 2001.
With all those Davis’s in the family tree, one wonders if there was some freak genetic mutation on the Bush family tree that created Gov. Gray Davis?
To Richard Bennett: I’m pleased and flattered that you find my site (Political Graveyard) interesting or useful.
To Will Wagner: Davis is a pretty commonplace name, but if there’s a Gray Davis connection (no more distant than fourth cousin for each link), I’d be happy to add it to the database and web site.
To Richard Bennett: I enjoyed your historical look into the Political gene pool of the Bush family. I recently purchased The Colonel Walker House in Lenox Massachusetts and found your blog and Larry Kestenbaum’s political graveyard site in my search of the William Walker name. I think you should actually go back to William P.Walker’s father, William Walker, who was born in Rehoboth in the County of Bristol in 1751 and moved to Lenox in 1773. William P. Walker was born in 1778, the son of William Walker and his first wife Sarah who died in 1789. William Walker was a member of the convention that framed the Massachusetts constitution in 1780, after distinguishing himself in the revolutionary War. He held judgeships in Berkshire County and served as the first State Senator of the Berkshire Distrct in 1783. Gov. Sam Adams appointed him Judge of Probate in1795, a position he resigned in 1824 when his son, Hon. William P. Walker succeeded him. William Walker accomplished quite a lot in the then frontier community of Lenox, massachusetts. If you have an interest, check out the webpages of the Lenox Historical Society.