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President Bush's 37.4% was the lowest percentage total for a sitting president seeking re-election since William Howard Taft, also in 1912 (23.2%). [ 91 ] 1992 was, as the 1912 election was, a three-way race (that time between Taft, Wilson, and Theodore Roosevelt ).
The 1992 presidential campaign of George H. W. Bush was an unsuccessful re-election campaign for 1992 United States presidential election by incumbent president George H. W. Bush, who had taken office on January 20, 1989. [3]
John Tyler was the first vice president to assume the presidency during a presidential term, setting the precedent that a vice president who does so becomes the fully functioning president with a new, distinct administration. [13] Throughout most of its history, American politics has been dominated by political parties. The Constitution is ...
Twenty years ago, May 1, 1992, President George H. W. Bush sent federal troops to Los Angeles to help stop the rioting sparked by the acquittal of cops who beat down Rodney King. I was on one of these C-141s (now retired), flying troops from Fort Ord, Calif. (now closed), to Marine Corps Air Station El Toro (now closed).
After the funeral, Bush's body was transported to George H.W. Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas, where he was buried next to his wife Barbara and daughter Robin. [324] At the funeral, former president George W. Bush eulogized his father saying, "He looked for the good in each person, and he usually found it." [323]
This article is part of a series about George H. W. Bush Personal Family Electoral history Eponyms Honors Bibliography Bush School of Government Points of Light Death and state funeral 43rd Vice President of the United States Transition Reagan administration first inauguration second inauguration Reagan assassination attempt Foreign policy Vice presidential campaigns 1980 election selection ...
George H. W. Bush (R) 168: 1992 presidential election results. Red denotes states won by Bush, blue denotes states won by Clinton. Numbers indicate the electoral votes won by each candidate. Senate elections; Overall control: Democratic hold: Seats contested: 36 of 100 seats (34 Class 3 seats + 2 special elections) Net seat change: 0 [1] 1992 ...
June 17 – A 'Joint Understanding' agreement on arms reduction is signed by U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin (this is later codified in START II). June 23 – Mafia boss John Gotti is sentenced to life in prison, after being found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder and racketeering on April 2. June 24