Paths of Power

Father’s Side

LUCRETIA “LOULIE†(WEAR) WALKER

1874-1961

Oversaw a privileged, sports-loving household in St. Louis, Mo.

GEORGE HERBERT WALKER

1875-1953

A successful broker and president of the U.S. Golf Association

FLORA (SHELDON) BUSH

1872-1920

Raised her children in the Ohio county where she grew up

SAMUEL PRESCOTT BUSH

1863-1948

A steel magnate who became an adviser to President Herbert Hoover

Grandparents

DOROTHY (WALKER) BUSH

1901-92

The most competitive Bush, she bred in her children the drive to win but never brag

PRESCOTT SHELDON BUSH

1895-1972

An investment banker and the first Bush to win elective office, he became a Senator from Connecticut

Parents, Aunts, Uncles

PRESCOTT SHELDON BUSH JR.

1922-

A businessman and developer with strong ties to Beijing, he ran the U.S.-China Chamber of Commerce

NANCY (BUSH) ELLIS

1926-

The most liberal Bush, she is an environmentalist and a civil rights activist and a campaigner for her brother and nephews

JONATHAN JAMES BUSH

1931-

An investment banker and a political fund raiser who helped find investors for George W.’s Texas oil business in the 1980s

WILLIAM H.T. “BUCKY†BUSH

1938-

A venture capitalist based in St. Louis, he most recently helped George W.’s re-election campaign in Missouri

GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH

1924-

The standard bearer. His eight years as Vice President and four years as President followed a lofty public-service career

The President’s Generation

PAULINE ROBINSON “ROBIN†BUSH

1949-1953

George H.W. and Barbara’s second child (after the current President), she died of leukemia two months before her fourth birthday

JOHN ELLIS “JEB†BUSH

1953-

A former real estate developer serving his second term as Governor of Florida, he is often mentioned as a presidential contender

NEIL MALLON BUSH

1955-

After weathering a savings and loan scandal in the 1980s and a bitter divorce last year, he is focusing on an educational software company

Children

GEORGE P. BUSH, b. 1976

NOELLE BUSH, b. 1977

JOHN ELLIS BUSH JR., b. 1983

LAUREN BUSH, b. 1984

PIERCE BUSH, b. 1986

ASHLEY BUSH, b. 1989

Mother’s side

[Great-Grandparents]

SCOTT PIERCE

1866-1945

After losing his wealth in the 1893 iron crash, he sold insurance

MABEL (MARVIN) PIERCE

1869-?

Jeb Bush’s wife Columba inherited Mabel’s wedding ring

JAMES E. ROBINSON

1868-1932

A farmer’s son who became an Ohio supreme court justice

LULU (FLICKINGER) ROBINSON

1875-?

After her husband’s death, she learned to drive and toured the country

[Grandparents]

MARVIN PIERCE

1893-1969

Started as an assistant at McCall’s Publishing and rose to president and chairman of the board

PAULINE (ROBINSON) PIERCE

1896-1949

She died in an accident when her husband, trying to keep coffee from spilling, lost control of the car

WILLA GRAY (MARTIN) PIERCE

1911-

Marvin Pierce’s second wife, she is a painter, writer and socialite from South Carolina

[Parents, Aunts, Uncles]

BARBARA (PIERCE) BUSH

1925-

The clan matriarch was a de facto single mother, raising her family in seven cities while her husband was in oil and politics

JAMES ROBINSON PIERCE

1922-93

An Army and Navy veteran of World War II, he followed his father into publishing, consulting on several sports magazines

SCOTT PIERCE

1930-

As president of E.F. Hutton & Co., he pleaded guilty in 1985 to check kiting on behalf of the company

MARTHA (PIERCE) RAFFERTY

1920-99

She became a model for Vogue magazine and married a stockbroker. She was also an active Republican

[The President’s Generation]

MARVIN PIERCE BUSH

1956-

The youngest Bush brother runs an investment firm in McLean, Va., and has served on several corporate boards. He campaigned for W.

DOROTHY “DORO†(BUSH) KOCH

1959-

In addition to campaigning for her brother, she serves on the board of the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy. She lives in Maryland

GEORGE WALKER BUSH

1946-

Once an oil and gas man, he became managing partner of the Texas Rangers. He was elected Texas Governor in 1994 and President in 2000 and 2004

LAURA (WELCH) BUSH

1946-

She met and married the future President in 1977, when she was working as a school librarian in Texas. The First Lady champions literacy issues

[Children]

MARSHALL BUSH, b. 1986

CHARLES W. BUSH, b. 1989

SAMUEL LEBLOND, b. 1984

ELLIE LEBLOND, b. 1986

ROBERT KOCH, b. 1993

GEORGIA KOCH, b. 1996

JENNA BUSH

BARBARA BUSH

Twins, b. 1981

Distant relatives

FRANKLIN PIERCE

1804-1869

The 14th U.S. President is an ancestor of Barbara Bush’s grandfather Scott Pierce

QUEEN ELIZABETH II

1926-

According to Burke’s Peerage of London, Britain’s monarch is a 13th cousin twice removed of President Bush’s

JOHN KERRY

1943-

You have to go back to the late 1500s to make the connection, but the former presidential rivals are very distant cousins

HUGH HEFNER

1926-

Bush and Kerry share another famous cousin, the founder of the Playboy empire. Hef’s a ninth cousin twice removed of the President’s