{"id":2627,"date":"2002-11-26T04:57:09","date_gmt":"2002-11-26T11:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mossback.org\/archives\/2002\/11\/bush-nepotism\/"},"modified":"2002-11-26T04:57:09","modified_gmt":"2002-11-26T11:57:09","slug":"bush-nepotism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bennett.com\/blog\/2002\/11\/26\/bush-nepotism\/","title":{"rendered":"Bush nepotism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tBy way of following up on the Krugman smear about Republican nepotism, we offer the following from <a href=\"http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/families\/1393.html\">The Political Graveyard<\/a> on the political geneology of the Bush family. As you see, all of this nepotism started in 1778, so nefarious are these people. Enjoy.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>William P. Walker (1778-1858)<\/strong> Father-in-law of <a href=\"http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/bio\/rockwell.html#R9M0JB6CL\">Julius Rockwell<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/bio\/davis2.html#R9M0IUFFS\">David Davis.<\/a> Born in Lenox, <a href=\"http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/MA\/BE.html#BORN\">Berkshire County, Mass., <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/born-oct-08.html\">October 8, <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/born-1778.html\">1778.<\/a> Member of<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/MA\/ofc\/sthse.html\">Massachusetts state house of representatives;<\/a> member of <a href=\"http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/MA\/ofc\/stsen.html\">Massachusetts<br \/>\nstate senate;<\/a> member of <a \u00a0 xhref=\"http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/MA\/ofc\/gvcn.html\" >Massachusetts<br \/>\nGovernor&#8217;s Council<\/a>; probate judge, 1824-48. Died in Lenox,<br \/>\n<a xhref=\"http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/MA\/BE.html#DIED\"> Berkshire<br \/>\nCounty, Mass.,<\/a><a xhref=\"http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/died-nov-11.html\">November<br \/>\n11, 1858.<\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/inqa.html#Unknown\">Burial location unknown<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Julius Rockwell (1805-1888)<\/strong> Son-in-law of<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/bio\/walker9.html#0IS19082W&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/bio\/walker9.html#0IS19082W&#8221; >William<br \/>\nP. Walker; father of<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/bio\/rockwell.html#R9M0JB61Y&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/bio\/rockwell.html#R9M0JB61Y&#8221; >Francis<br \/>\nWilliams Rockwell. Born in Colebrook,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/CT\/LI.html#BORN&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/CT\/LI.html#BORN&#8221; >Litchfield<br \/>\nCounty, Conn.,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/born-apr-26.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/born-apr-26.html&#8221; >April<br \/>\n26,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/born-1805.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/born-1805.html&#8221; >1805.<br \/>\nMember of<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/MA\/ofc\/sthse.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/MA\/ofc\/sthse.html&#8221; >Massachusetts<br \/>\nstate house of representatives, 1834;<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/MA\/ofc\/usrep.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/MA\/ofc\/usrep.html&#8221; >U.S.<br \/>\nRepresentative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1843-51;<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/MA\/ofc\/ussen.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/MA\/ofc\/ussen.html&#8221; >U.S.<br \/>\nSenator from Massachusetts, 1854-55; state court judge, 1859.<br \/>\nDied<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/died-may-19.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/died-may-19.html&#8221; >May<br \/>\n19,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/died-1888.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/died-1888.html&#8221; >1888.<br \/>\nInterment at<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/MA\/BE.html#RAR1B7MQC&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/MA\/BE.html#RAR1B7MQC&#8221; >Lenox<br \/>\nCemetery, Lenox, Mass. See also:<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/bioguide.congress.gov\/scripts\/biodisplay.pl?index=R000368&#8243; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/bioguide.congress.gov\/scripts\/biodisplay.pl?index=R000368&#8243; >congressional<br \/>\nbiography.<\/li>\n<li><strong>David Davis (1815-1886)<\/strong> of Bloomington,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/IL\/ML.html#LIVED&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/IL\/ML.html#LIVED&#8221; >McLean<br \/>\nCounty, Ill. Son-in-law of<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/bio\/walker9.html#0IS19082W&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/bio\/walker9.html#0IS19082W&#8221; >William<br \/>\nP. Walker; cousin of<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/bio\/davis4.html#R9M0IUG4J&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/bio\/davis4.html#R9M0IUG4J&#8221; >Henry<br \/>\nWinter Davis; great-grandfather of<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/bio\/davis2.html#S571ACMTJ&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/bio\/davis2.html#S571ACMTJ&#8221; >David<br \/>\nDavis IV; first cousin thrice removed of<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/bio\/bush.html#R9M0IRCAS&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/bio\/bush.html#R9M0IRCAS&#8221; >George<br \/>\nHerbert Walker Bush. Born near Cecilton,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/MD\/CE.html#BORN&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/MD\/CE.html#BORN&#8221; >Cecil<br \/>\nCounty, Md.,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/born-mar-09.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/born-mar-09.html&#8221; >March<br \/>\n9,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/born-1815.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/born-1815.html&#8221; >1815.<br \/>\nMember of<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/IL\/ofc\/sthse.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/IL\/ofc\/sthse.html&#8221; >Illinois<br \/>\nstate house of representatives, 1845;<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/IL\/ofc\/cncn2.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/IL\/ofc\/cncn2.html&#8221; >delegate<br \/>\nto Illinois state constitutional convention, 1847; state court<br \/>\njudge, 1848;<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/offices\/judic1.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/offices\/judic1.html&#8221; >Justice of<br \/>\nU.S. Supreme Court, 1862-77; received one electoral vote for<br \/>\nPresident,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/offices\/pres-vp-1872.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/offices\/pres-vp-1872.html&#8221; >1872;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/IL\/ofc\/ussen.html\">U.S.<br \/>\nSenator from Illinois<\/a>, 1877-83.<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/group\/presbyterian.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/group\/presbyterian.html&#8221; >Presbyterian.<br \/>\nDied<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/died-jun-26.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/died-jun-26.html&#8221; >June<br \/>\n26,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/died-1886.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/died-1886.html&#8221; >1886.<br \/>\nInterment at<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/IL\/ML.html#RA50MJX7M&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/IL\/ML.html#RA50MJX7M&#8221; >Evergreen<br \/>\nCemetery, Bloomington, Ill. See also:<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/bioguide.congress.gov\/scripts\/biodisplay.pl?index=D000097&#8243; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/bioguide.congress.gov\/scripts\/biodisplay.pl?index=D000097&#8243; >congressional<br \/>\nbiography.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Henry Winter Davis (1817-1865)<\/strong> Cousin of<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/bio\/davis2.html#R9M0IUFFS&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/bio\/davis2.html#R9M0IUFFS&#8221; >David<br \/>\nDavis. Born in Annapolis,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/MD\/AA.html#BORN&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/MD\/AA.html#BORN&#8221; >Anne Arundel<br \/>\nCounty, Md.,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/born-aug-16.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/born-aug-16.html&#8221; >August<br \/>\n16,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/born-1817.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/born-1817.html&#8221; >1817.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/MD\/ofc\/usrep.html\">U.S.<br \/>\nRepresentative from Maryland<\/a>, 1855-61, 1863-65 (4th District<br \/>\n1855-61, 3rd District 1863-65).<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/group\/episcopalian.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/group\/episcopalian.html&#8221; >Episcopalian.<br \/>\nDied in<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/MD\/ba4.html#DIED&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/MD\/ba4.html#DIED&#8221; >Baltimore,<br \/>\nMd.,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/died-dec-30.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/died-dec-30.html&#8221; >December<br \/>\n30,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/died-1865.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/died-1865.html&#8221; >1865.<br \/>\nOriginal interment at<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/MD\/ba5.html#R9X0MNA0T&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/MD\/ba5.html#R9X0MNA0T&#8221; >St.<br \/>\nPaul&#8217;s Protestant Episcopal Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.; reinterment<br \/>\nat<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/MD\/ba5.html#R9T0XKBSH&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/MD\/ba5.html#R9T0XKBSH&#8221; >Greenmount<br \/>\nCemetery, Baltimore, Md. See also:<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/bioguide.congress.gov\/scripts\/biodisplay.pl?index=D000104&#8243; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/bioguide.congress.gov\/scripts\/biodisplay.pl?index=D000104&#8243; >congressional<br \/>\nbiography.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Francis Williams Rockwell (1844-1929)<\/strong> Son of<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/bio\/rockwell.html#R9M0JB6CL&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/bio\/rockwell.html#R9M0JB6CL&#8221; >Julius<br \/>\nRockwell. Born in Pittsfield,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/MA\/BE.html#BORN&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/MA\/BE.html#BORN&#8221; >Berkshire<br \/>\nCounty, Mass.,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/born-may-26.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/born-may-26.html&#8221; >May<br \/>\n26,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/born-1844.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/born-1844.html&#8221; >1844.<br \/>\nRepublican. State court judge, 1873; member of<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/MA\/ofc\/sthse.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/MA\/ofc\/sthse.html&#8221; >Massachusetts<br \/>\nstate house of representatives, 1879; member of<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/MA\/ofc\/stsen.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/MA\/ofc\/stsen.html&#8221; >Massachusetts<br \/>\nstate senate, 1881;<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/MA\/ofc\/usrep.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/MA\/ofc\/usrep.html&#8221; >U.S.<br \/>\nRepresentative from Massachusetts 12th District, 1884-91. Died<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/died-jun-26.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/died-jun-26.html&#8221; >June<br \/>\n26,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/died-1929.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/died-1929.html&#8221; >1929.<br \/>\nInterment at<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/MA\/BE.html#R9T0XKCDQ&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/MA\/BE.html#R9T0XKCDQ&#8221; >Pittsfield<br \/>\nCemetery, Pittsfield, Mass. See also:<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/bioguide.congress.gov\/scripts\/biodisplay.pl?index=R000365&#8243; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/bioguide.congress.gov\/scripts\/biodisplay.pl?index=R000365&#8243; >congressional<br \/>\nbiography.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prescott Sheldon Bush (1895-1972)<\/strong> &#8212; also known as<br \/>\n<strong>Prescott S. Bush<\/strong> &#8212; of Greenwich,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/CT\/FA3.html#LIVED&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/CT\/FA3.html#LIVED&#8221; >Fairfield<br \/>\nCounty, Conn. Father of<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/bio\/bush.html#R9M0IRCAS&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/bio\/bush.html#R9M0IRCAS&#8221; >George<br \/>\nHerbert Walker Bush; grandfather of<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/bio\/bush.html#ROK074H8X&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/bio\/bush.html#ROK074H8X&#8221; >George<br \/>\nWalker Bush and<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/bio\/bush.html#S5N0KM53O&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/bio\/bush.html#S5N0KM53O&#8221; >John<br \/>\nEllis Bush. Born in Columbus,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/OH\/FR.html#BORN&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/OH\/FR.html#BORN&#8221; >Franklin<br \/>\nCounty, Ohio,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/born-may-15.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/born-may-15.html&#8221; >May<br \/>\n15,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/born-1895.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/born-1895.html&#8221; >1895.<br \/>\nRepublican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to<br \/>\nRepublican National Convention from Connecticut,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/parties\/R\/1948\/CT.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/parties\/R\/1948\/CT.html&#8221; >1948,xhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/parties\/R\/1964\/CT.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/parties\/R\/1964\/CT.html&#8221; >1964<br \/>\n(alternate);<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/CT\/ofc\/ussen.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/CT\/ofc\/ussen.html&#8221; >U.S.<br \/>\nSenator from Connecticut, 1952-63; defeated, 1950.<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/group\/episcopalian.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/group\/episcopalian.html&#8221; >Episcopalian.<br \/>\nMember,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/group\/am-legion.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/group\/am-legion.html&#8221; >American<br \/>\nLegion;<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/group\/40-8.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/group\/40-8.html&#8221; >Forty and<br \/>\nEight. Died in New York City (<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/NY\/ZZ.html#DIED&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/NY\/ZZ.html#DIED&#8221; >unknown<br \/>\ncounty), N.Y.,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/died-oct-08.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/died-oct-08.html&#8221; >October<br \/>\n8,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/died-1972.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/died-1972.html&#8221; >1972.<br \/>\nInterment at<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/CT\/FA5.html#RAM0TMIA8&#8243; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/CT\/FA5.html#RAM0TMIA8&#8243; >Putnam<br \/>\nCemetery, Greenwich, Conn. See also:<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/bioguide.congress.gov\/scripts\/biodisplay.pl?index=B001167&#8243; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/bioguide.congress.gov\/scripts\/biodisplay.pl?index=B001167&#8243; >congressional<br \/>\nbiography.<\/li>\n<li><strong>David Davis IV (1906-1978)<\/strong> of Bloomington,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/IL\/ML.html#LIVED&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/IL\/ML.html#LIVED&#8221; >McLean<br \/>\nCounty, Ill. Great-grandson of<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/bio\/davis2.html#R9M0IUFFS&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/bio\/davis2.html#R9M0IUFFS&#8221; >David<br \/>\nDavis. Born in Bloomington,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/IL\/ML.html#BORN&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/IL\/ML.html#BORN&#8221; >McLean<br \/>\nCounty, Ill.,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/born-jul-29.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/born-jul-29.html&#8221; >July<br \/>\n29,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/born-1906.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/born-1906.html&#8221; >1906.<br \/>\nLawyer; member of<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/IL\/ofc\/stsen.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/IL\/ofc\/stsen.html&#8221; >Illinois<br \/>\nstate senate, 1953-67;<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/IL\/ofc\/cncn6.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/IL\/ofc\/cncn6.html&#8221; >delegate<br \/>\nto Illinois state constitutional convention 37th District,<br \/>\n1969-70.<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/group\/presbyterian.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/group\/presbyterian.html&#8221; >Presbyterian.<br \/>\nMember,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/group\/aba.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/group\/aba.html&#8221; >American Bar<br \/>\nAssociation;<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/group\/am-jud-soc.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/group\/am-jud-soc.html&#8221; >American<br \/>\nJudicature Society. Died in Bloomington,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/IL\/ML.html#DIED&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/IL\/ML.html#DIED&#8221; >McLean<br \/>\nCounty, Ill.,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/died-apr-14.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/died-apr-14.html&#8221; >April<br \/>\n14,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/died-1978.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/died-1978.html&#8221; >1978.<br \/>\nInterment at<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/IL\/ML.html#RA50MJX7M&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/IL\/ML.html#RA50MJX7M&#8221; >Evergreen<br \/>\nCemetery, Bloomington, Ill.<\/li>\n<li><strong>George Herbert Walker Bush (b. 1924)<\/strong> &#8212; also known as<br \/>\n<strong>George Bush<\/strong>; <strong>&#8220;Poppy&#8221;<\/strong> &#8212; of Houston,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/TX\/HR.html#LIVED&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/TX\/HR.html#LIVED&#8221; >Harris<br \/>\nCounty, Tex. First cousin, thrice removed of<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/bio\/davis2.html#R9M0IUFFS&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/bio\/davis2.html#R9M0IUFFS&#8221; >David<br \/>\nDavis; son of<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/bio\/bush.html#R9M0IRCEC&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/bio\/bush.html#R9M0IRCEC&#8221; >Prescott<br \/>\nSheldon Bush; father of<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/bio\/bush.html#ROK074H8X&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/bio\/bush.html#ROK074H8X&#8221; >George<br \/>\nWalker Bush and<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/bio\/bush.html#S5N0KM53O&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/bio\/bush.html#S5N0KM53O&#8221; >John<br \/>\nEllis Bush. Born in Milton,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/MA\/NO.html#BORN&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/MA\/NO.html#BORN&#8221; >Norfolk<br \/>\nCounty, Mass.,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/born-jun-12.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/born-jun-12.html&#8221; >June<br \/>\n12,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/born-1924.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/born-1924.html&#8221; >1924.<br \/>\nRepublican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to<br \/>\nRepublican National Convention from Texas,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/parties\/R\/1964\/TX.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/parties\/R\/1964\/TX.html&#8221; >1964;<br \/>\ncandidate for<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/TX\/ofc\/ussen.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/TX\/ofc\/ussen.html&#8221; >U.S.<br \/>\nSenator from Texas, 1964, 1970;<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/TX\/ofc\/usrep.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/TX\/ofc\/usrep.html&#8221; >U.S.<br \/>\nRepresentative from Texas 7th District, 1967-71;<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/offices\/diplo7.html#UNITEDNATIONS&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/offices\/diplo7.html#UNITEDNATIONS&#8221; >U.S.<br \/>\nRepresentative to the United Nations, 1971-73;<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/parties\/R\/index.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/parties\/R\/index.html&#8221; >Chairman of<br \/>\nRepublican National Committee, 1973-74; candidate for Republican<br \/>\nnomination for President,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/parties\/R\/1980\/index.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/parties\/R\/1980\/index.html&#8221; >1980;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/offices\/pres-vp.html\">Vice<br \/>\nPresident of the United States<\/a>, 1981-89;<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/offices\/pres-vp.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/offices\/pres-vp.html&#8221; >President<br \/>\nof the United States, 1989-93; defeated, 1992.<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/group\/episcopalian.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/group\/episcopalian.html&#8221; >Episcopalian.<br \/>\nMember,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/group\/cfr.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/group\/cfr.html&#8221; >Council on<br \/>\nForeign Relations;<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/group\/am-legion.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/group\/am-legion.html&#8221; >American<br \/>\nLegion;<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/group\/delta-kappa-epsilon.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/group\/delta-kappa-epsilon.html&#8221; >Delta<br \/>\nKappa Epsilon. Still living as of 2001. See also:<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/bioguide.congress.gov\/scripts\/biodisplay.pl?index=B001166&#8243; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/bioguide.congress.gov\/scripts\/biodisplay.pl?index=B001166&#8243; >congressional<br \/>\nbiography. Books by George H. W. Bush:<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/068483958X\/thepoliticalg-20&#8243; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/068483958X\/thepoliticalg-20&#8243; >All<br \/>\nThe Best, George Bush: My Life and Other Writings (1999),<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0385141815\/thepoliticalg-20&#8243; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0385141815\/thepoliticalg-20&#8243; >Looking<br \/>\nForward (1987, out of print),<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0679432485\/thepoliticalg-20&#8243; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0679432485\/thepoliticalg-20&#8243; >A<br \/>\nWorld Transformed (1998);  Books about George H. W. Bush: John<br \/>\nRobert Greene,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0700609938\/thepoliticalg-20&#8243; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0700609938\/thepoliticalg-20&#8243; >The<br \/>\nPresidency of George Bush.<\/li>\n<li><strong>George Walker Bush (b. 1946)<\/strong> &#8212; also known as <strong>George W.<br \/>\nBush<\/strong>; <strong>&#8220;Dubya&#8221;<\/strong> &#8212; Grandson of<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/bio\/bush.html#R9M0IRCEC&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/bio\/bush.html#R9M0IRCEC&#8221; >Prescott<br \/>\nSheldon Bush; son of<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/bio\/bush.html#R9M0IRCAS&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/bio\/bush.html#R9M0IRCAS&#8221; >George<br \/>\nHerbert Walker Bush; brother of<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/bio\/bush.html#S5N0KM53O&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/bio\/bush.html#S5N0KM53O&#8221; >John<br \/>\nEllis Bush. Born<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/born-jul-06.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/born-jul-06.html&#8221; >July<br \/>\n6,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/born-1946.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/born-1946.html&#8221; >1946.<br \/>\nRepublican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/parties\/R\/1988\/TX.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/parties\/R\/1988\/TX.html&#8221; >1988;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/TX\/ofc\/gov.html\">Governor<br \/>\nof Texas<\/a>, 1995-2000;<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/offices\/pres-vp.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/offices\/pres-vp.html&#8221; >President<br \/>\nof the United States, 2001-.<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/group\/methodist.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/group\/methodist.html&#8221; >Methodist.<br \/>\nMember,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/group\/delta-kappa-epsilon.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/group\/delta-kappa-epsilon.html&#8221; >Delta<br \/>\nKappa Epsilon. Still living as of 2001. Books by George W. Bush:xhref=&#8221;http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0060957921\/thepoliticalg-20&#8243; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0060957921\/thepoliticalg-20&#8243; >A<br \/>\nCharge to Keep (1999).<\/li>\n<li><strong>John Ellis Bush (b. 1953)<\/strong> &#8212; also known as <strong>Jeb Bush<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8212; Grandson of<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/bio\/bush.html#R9M0IRCEC&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/bio\/bush.html#R9M0IRCEC&#8221; >Prescott<br \/>\nSheldon Bush; son of<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/bio\/bush.html#R9M0IRCAS&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/bio\/bush.html#R9M0IRCAS&#8221; >George<br \/>\nHerbert Walker Bush; brother of<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/bio\/bush.html#ROK074H8X&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/bio\/bush.html#ROK074H8X&#8221; >George<br \/>\nWalker Bush. Born in Midland,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/TX\/MD.html#BORN&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/TX\/MD.html#BORN&#8221; >Midland<br \/>\nCounty, Tex.,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/born-feb-11.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/born-feb-11.html&#8221; >February<br \/>\n11,<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/born-1953.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/chrono\/born-1953.html&#8221; >1953.<br \/>\nRepublican.<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/FL\/ofc\/gov.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/FL\/ofc\/gov.html&#8221; >Governor of<br \/>\nFlorida, 1999-; defeated, 1994.<br \/>\nxhref=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/group\/catholic.html&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/group\/catholic.html&#8221; >Catholic.<br \/>\nStill living as of 2001.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bennett.com\/blog\/2002\/11\/26\/bush-nepotism\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bush nepotism&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbifyw-Gn","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bennett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bennett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bennett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bennett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bennett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bennett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2627\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bennett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bennett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bennett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}