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[[Image:Barbera_Bush.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Barbara Bush]]

[[Image:Barbera_Bush.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Barbara Bush]]

'''Barbara Pierce Bush''' (June 8, 1925 – April 17, 2018) was the wife of [[U.S. President]] [[George Herbert Walker Bush]]. She served as [[First Lady]] of the [[United States]] from 1989 through 1993 and as Second Lady (wife of the Vice President) from 1981 through 1989.

'''Barbara Pierce Bush''' (June 8, 1925 – April 17, 2018), as the wife of [[U.S. President]] [[George Herbert Walker Bush]], was the [[First Lady]] of the [[United States]] from 1989 through 1993 and Second Lady from 1981 through 1989, when Bush held the vice presidency under [[Ronald W. Reagan]].

==Early life and education==

==Early life and education==

Born Barbara Pierce in [[New York City]], she grew up in Rye, [[New York]].

Born Barbara Pierce in [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]], she grew up in Rye, [[New York]]. She is associated with both [[Texas]] and [[Maine]], where she had dual residences.

==Marriage and family==

==Marriage and family==

She and Bush became engaged in 1943 and married in January 1945.<ref>Bush 1999, 16, 37, 57.</ref> She is mother to former President [[George W. Bush]], former [[Florida]] [[Governor]] [[Jeb Bush]], Neil Bush, Marvin Bush, Dorothy Bush, and Pauline Bush, who died at the age of four from [[leukemia]]. George W. Bush's daughter Barbara Pierce Bush is named for her grandmother.

George and Barbara Bush became engaged in 1943 and married in January 1945.<ref>Bush 1999, 16, 37, 57.</ref> She was the mother to former President [[George W. Bush]], former [[Florida]] [[Governor]] [[Jeb Bush]], Neil Bush, Marvin Bush, Dorothy Bush, and Pauline Bush, who died at the age of four from [[leukemia]]. George W. Bush's daughter, Barbara Pierce Bush, is named for her grandmother.

In 2016, Mrs. Bush campaigned for her son, Jeb, in the Republican presidential primary in [[New Hampshire]]. She was photographed with her walker in the cold weather. Earlier she had discouraged her son from seeking the presidency because of the "family dynasty" consideration. Jeb Bush's candidacy went nowhere, and the party chose the outsider candidate, [[Donald Trump]]. George and Barbara Bush indicated that they voted for the unsuccessful [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] nominee, [[Hillary Clinton]] in the race against Trump though the Bushes owed their longstanding political careers to Republican voters. George W. Bush would not say whether he voted for Trump or Clinton.

In 2016, Mrs. Bush campaigned for her son, Jeb, in the Republican presidential primary in [[New Hampshire]]. She was photographed with her walker in the cold weather trying to convince voters of her son's qualifications. Earlier, she had discouraged her son from seeking the presidency because of the "family dynasty" consideration. Jeb Bush's candidacy went nowhere, and the party chose the outsider candidate, [[Donald Trump]]. George and Barbara Bush indicated that they voted for the unsuccessful [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] nominee, [[Hillary Clinton]] in the race against Trump though all the Bushes owed their longstanding political careers to Republican voters. George W. Bush would not say whether he voted for Trump or Clinton. Jeb's son, [[George P. Bush]], the Republican land commissioner in Texas, did endorse Trump; he is the only Bush family member holding elected office and faces voters again in the November 6 [[general election]].

==First Lady==

==First Lady==

==After the White House==

==After the White House==

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==Death at 92==

==Death at 92==

Mrs. Bush died in her home in Houston at the age of ninety-two just a few days after she announced that she would no longer seek medical treatment for her chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure, and Graves' disease. Instead, she would accept only "comfort care."

Mrs. Bush died at her home in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]] at the age of ninety-two just a few days after she announced that she would no longer seek medical treatment for her chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure, and Graves' disease. Instead, she would accept only "comfort care."

==Notes==

==Notes==

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