George Walker Bush

First Administration (January 20, 2001-January 20, 2005)

Vice President: Richard Cheney Secretary of State: Colin L. Powell Secretary of the Treasury: Paul O’Neill;

John Snow (from February 2003) Secretary of Defense: Donald Rumsfeld Attorney General: John Ashcroft Secretary of the Interior: Gale A. Norton Secretary of Agriculture: Ann Veneman Secretary of Commerce: Donald L. Evans Secretary of Labor: Elaine L. Chao Secretary of Health and Human Services: Tommy G. Thompson

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Melquiades R. Martinez; Alphonso Jackson (from April 2004)

Secretary of Transportation: Norman Y. Mineta

Secretary of Energy: Spencer Abraham Secretary of Education: Rod Paige Secretary of Veteran’s Affairs: Anthony Principi

Secretary of Homeland Security: (cabinet post created 2003) Tom Ridge

Second Administration (January 20, 2005- )

Vice President: Richard Cheney Secretary of State: Condoleeza Rice Secretary of the Treasury: John Snow (from February 2003)

Secretary of Defense: Donald Rumsfeld Attorney General: Alberto Gonzales Secretary of the Interior: Gale A. Norton Secretary of Agriculture: Mike Johanns Secretary of Commerce: Carlos Gutierrez Secretary of Labor: Elaine L. Chao

Secretary of Health and Human Services:

Mike Leavitt

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Alphonso Jackson (from April 2004) Secretary of Transportation: Norman Y. Mineta

Secretary of Energy: Sam Bodman Secretary of Education: Margaret Spellings Secretary of Veteran’s Affairs: Jim Nicholson Secretary of Homeland Security: Michael Chertoff

Family Facts

Father: George Herbert Walker Bush Mother: Barbara Pierce Bush Wife: Laura Welch (1947- )

Marriage: November 5, 1977

Children: Barbara (1982- ); Jenna (1982- )

Unusual Facts

George W. Bush is the second son of a former president to be elected to the White House.

Like John Quincy Adams, the only other son of a former president to be elected to the White House, George W. Bush, in 2000, won the presidency while failing to garner a plurality of the popular vote.

The 2000 election made him the fourth candidate to be elected with a majority in the electoral college but with the second-highest number of popular votes.