The Bush family
Texas · Connecticut · Florida · President · Senate · Governor · House
Combined career popular votes
314,691,786
Combined electoral votes
2,165
Members on the ballot
4
Combined W–L
12–5
Years on the ballot
1950–2004
The Bushes are the rare American dynasty to put two members in the White House. Prescott Bush, a U.S. senator from Connecticut, was the patriarch; his son George H. W. Bush served as vice president and then the 41st president; and two of Prescott’s grandsons led states: George W. Bush as governor of Texas and the 43rd president, and Jeb Bush as governor of Florida.
| Member | Offices | Years | Career popular votes | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George H. W. BushR | President · House · Senate | 1964–1992 | 188,573,736 | 4–3 |
| George W. BushR | President · Governor | 1994–2004 | 117,398,427 | 4–0 |
| Jeb BushR | Governor | 1994–2002 | 7,119,018 | 2–1 |
| Prescott BushR | Senate | 1950–1956 | 1,600,605 | 2–1 |
How this is measured
Combined career popular votes are summed across the 4 family members we track, each counted once across every presidential, U.S. Senate, governor, and U.S. House election in our data. Family membership is hand-curated and verified against primary sources, never matched by surname alone, so unrelated namesakes are never folded in. A vote for a presidential ticket counts for both the president and the vice-presidential candidate, matching how each profile reports its own totals.