As governor, Bush successfully sponsored legislation for tort reform, increased education funding, set higher standards for schools, and reformed the criminal justice system. He later co-owned the Texas Rangers baseball team before he was elected governor of Texas in 1994. In 1978, Bush unsuccessfully ran for the House of Representatives. After graduating from Harvard Business School in 1975, he worked in the oil industry. While in his twenties, Bush flew warplanes in the Texas Air National Guard.
A member of the Bush family and Republican Party, he previously served as the 46th governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000. George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009.
