George H. W. Bush

=== Marriage ===
Bush met [[Barbara Bush|Barbara Pierce]] at a Christmas dance in Greenwich in December 1941,{{sfn|Meacham|2015|p=41}} and, after a period of courtship, they became engaged in December 1943.{{sfn|Meacham|2015|p=56}} While Bush was on leave from the Navy, they married in [[Rye, New York]], on January 6, 1945.<ref>{{cite web |last=Markovich |first=Jeremy |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/george-hw-bush-and-barbara-pierce-are-wed-jan-6-1945-233101 |title=George H.W. Bush and Barbara Pierce are wed: Jan. 6, 1945 |work=Politico |date=January 6, 2017 |access-date=November 17, 2017}}</ref> The Bushes enjoyed a strong marriage, and Barbara would later be a popular First Lady, seen by many as "a kind of national grandmother".{{sfn|Meacham|2015|pp=406–407}}{{efn|At the time of his wife's death on April 17, 2018, George H.&nbsp;W. had been married to Barbara for 73 years, the longest presidential marriage in American history at that point.<ref>{{cite news |last=Siegel |first=Rachel |date=April 22, 2018 |title='You were the reason': Barbara and George Bush's love story remembered at her funeral |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/04/22/you-were-the-reason-barbara-and-george-bushs-historic-love-story-hailed-at-her-funeral/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=November 30, 2018}}</ref> The length of their marriage was surpassed in 2019 by the marriage of [[Jimmy Carter|Jimmy]] and [[Rosalynn Carter]].<ref>{{cite news|date=October 17, 2019 |title=Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter just became the longest-married presidential couple|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/18/politics/jimmy-rosalynn-carter-longest-married-presidential-couple-trnd/index.html |work=CNN Politics| access-date=October 18, 2019}}</ref>}} They had six children: [[George W. Bush|George W.]] (b. 1946), [[Pauline Robinson Bush|Robin]] (1949–1953), [[Jeb Bush|Jeb]] (b. 1953), [[Neil Bush|Neil]] (b. 1955), [[Marvin Bush|Marvin]] (b. 1956), and [[Dorothy Bush Koch|Doro]] (b. 1959).<ref name=GHWBlifebefore>{{cite web |title=George H. W. Bush: Life Before the Presidency |last=Knott |first=Stephen |url=https://millercenter.org/president/bush/life-before-the-presidency |publisher=Miller Center, the University of Virginia |location=Charlottesville, Virginia |access-date=April 24, 2018|date=October 4, 2016}}</ref> Their oldest daughter, Robin, died of leukemia in 1953.{{sfn|Meacham|2015|pp=97–100}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Withers |first=Rachel |date=December 2, 2018 |title=George H.W. Bush was a champion for people with disabilities |url=https://www.vox.com/2018/12/2/18122640/george-h-w-bush-americans-with-disabilities |access-date=April 13, 2022 |website=Vox}}</ref>