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|party=[[Republican]]

|party=[[Republican]]

|spouse=Columba Bush

|spouse=Columba Bush

|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]

|religion=Roman Catholic

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|state=Florida

|state=Florida

|number=43rd

|number=43rd

|terms=January 5, 1999 – January 2, 2007

        |terms=January 5, 1999 – January 2, 2007

|preceded=[[Kenneth Hood MacKay|Buddy MacKay]]

|preceded=[[Kenneth Hood MacKay|Buddy MacKay]]

|succeeded=[[Charlie Crist]]

|succeeded=[[Charlie Crist]]

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'''John Ellis "Jeb" Bush''' (born February 11, 1953) is a businessman and a former governor of the State of [[Florida]].  He is the third child and second son of former President [[George H. W. Bush]] and his wife, former [[First Lady]] [[Barbara Bush]].  He is the younger brother of former President [[George W. Bush]]. Jeb Bush was the first Republican to win a second term as Florida’s governor, and he left office with a 60% approval rating.<ref name="WashTimes">http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/30/jeb-senate-bid-would-turn-on-rehabilitating-bush-b/</ref>

'''John Ellis "Jeb" Bush''' (born February 11, 1953) is a businessman and a former governor of the State of [[Florida]].  He is the second son of [[George H. W. Bush]] and [[Barbara Bush]].  He is also the younger brother of President [[George W. Bush]].

 

His nickname, "Jeb" (a moniker for his initials) was given to him by his parents. He served two terms as [[Governor]] of Florida, ending in January 2007, leaving office with a 60% approval rating.<ref name="WashTimes">http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/30/jeb-senate-bid-would-turn-on-rehabilitating-bush-b/</ref> He reportedly planned to join the board of Tenet Healthcare, the biggest publicly traded hospital company in the United States.<ref>http://money.cnn.com/2007/04/12/news/newsmakers/bush.reut/index.htm</ref><ref>http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070412/BREAKINGNEWS/70412027/1086</ref>  He announced in December 2008 that he was considering running for an open [[U.S. Senate]] seat in 2010.<ref name="WashTimes"/> However he later declined to run.

== Early Life and Education ==

== Early Life and Education ==

Bush was born in Midland, Texas where his father ran an oil drilling company. When he was six years old, the family relocated to [[Houston]], Texas. He was a budding athlete, enjoying baseball and tennis. He went to a public elementary school, and later to a private school. When he was in eighth grade, George H. W. Bush won a seat in Congress and moved to Washington, DC. The Bush children stayed in Houston with another family to finish the school year, and spent most summers and holidays at the family estate, located at Kennebunkport, Maine. He then enrolled at Phillips Andover Academy in Massachusetts, already attended by his brother, George. Jeb Bush made the honor roll his first year. <ref>http://www.who2.com/jebbush.html</ref>

Bush was born in Midland, Texas. When he was six years old, the family moved from there (where his father ran an oil drilling company)  to [[Houston]], Texas. He was a budding athlete, enjoying baseball and tennis. He went to a public elementary school, and later to a private school. When he was in eighth grade, George H. W. Bush won a seat in Congress and moved to Washington, DC. The Bush boys stayed in Houston with another family to finish the school year, and spent most summers and holidays at the family estate, located at Kennebunkport, Maine. He then enrolled at Phillips Andover Academy, in Massachusetts already attended by his brother, George. Jeb Bush made the honor roll his first year. <ref>http://www.who2.com/jebbush.html</ref>