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George W. Bush, 42nd President

Explore the Bush administration (2001–2005). View events, executive orders, leadership positions, court cases, and key policy decisions that shaped American governance.

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2005–2009 (2nd term)

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George W. Bush

2001–2005 (1st term)

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Bill Clinton

1997–2001 (2nd term)

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Bill Clinton

1993–1997 (1st term)

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George H.W. Bush

1989–1993

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Ronald Reagan

1985–1989 (2nd term)

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Ronald Reagan

1981–1985 (1st term)

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Jimmy Carter

1977–1981

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Gerald Ford

1974–1977

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Richard Nixon

1969–1974

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson

1965–1969 (2nd term)

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson

1963–1965 (1st term)

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John F. Kennedy

1961–1963

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Dwight Eisenhower

1957–1961 (2nd term)

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Dwight Eisenhower

1953–1957 (1st term)

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Harry S. Truman

1945–1953

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

1945–1945 (4th term)

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

1941–1945 (3rd term)

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

1937–1941 (2nd term)

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

1933–1937 (1st term)

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Herbert Hoover

1929–1933

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Calvin Coolidge

1923–1929

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Warren G. Harding

1921–1923

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Woodrow Wilson

1917–1921 (2nd term)

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Woodrow Wilson

1913–1917 (1st term)

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William Howard Taft

1909–1913

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Theodore Roosevelt

1905–1909 (2nd term)

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Theodore Roosevelt

1901–1905 (1st term)

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William McKinley

1901–1901 (2nd term)

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William McKinley

1897–1901 (1st term)

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Grover Cleveland

1893–1897 (2nd term)

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Benjamin Harrison

1889–1893

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Grover Cleveland

1885–1889 (1st term)

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Chester A. Arthur

1881–1885

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James A. Garfield

1881–1881

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Rutherford B. Hayes

1877–1881

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Ulysses S. Grant

1873–1877 (2nd term)

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Ulysses S. Grant

1869–1873 (1st term)

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Andrew Johnson

1865–1869

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Abraham Lincoln

1865–1865 (2nd term)

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Abraham Lincoln

1861–1865 (1st term)

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James Buchanan

1857–1861

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Franklin Pierce

1853–1857

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Millard Fillmore

1850–1853

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Zachary Taylor

1849–1850

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James K. Polk

1845–1849

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John Tyler

1841–1845

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William Henry Harrison

1841–1841

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Martin Van Buren

1837–1841

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Andrew Jackson

1833–1837 (2nd term)

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Andrew Jackson

1829–1833 (1st term)

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John Quincy Adams

1825–1829

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James Monroe

1821–1825 (2nd term)

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James Monroe

1817–1821 (1st term)

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James Madison

1813–1817 (2nd term)

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James Madison

1809–1813 (1st term)

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Thomas Jefferson

1805–1809 (2nd term)

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Thomas Jefferson

1801–1805 (1st term)

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John Adams

1797–1801

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George Washington

1793–1797 (2nd term)

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George Washington

1789–1793 (1st term)

Events98Executive Orders176
Leadership28Court Cases4
13370

Providing an Order of Succession in the Office of Management and Budget

Jan 13, 2005
George W. Bush
Executive Office of the President
13369

President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform

Jan 7, 2005
George W. Bush
Executive Office of the President
13368

Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay

Dec 30, 2004
George W. Bush
Executive Office of the President
13367

United States-Mexico Border Health Commission

Dec 21, 2004
George W. Bush
Executive Office of the President
13366

Committee on Ocean Policy

Dec 17, 2004
George W. Bush
Executive Office of the President
13365

2004 Amendments to the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States

Dec 3, 2004
George W. Bush
Executive Office of the President
13362

Designation of Additional Officers for the Department of Homeland Security Order of Succession

Nov 29, 2004
George W. Bush
Executive Office of the President
13364

Modifying the Protection Granted to the Development Fund for Iraq and Certain Property in Which Iraq Has an Interest and Protecting the Central Bank of Iraq

Nov 29, 2004
George W. Bush
Executive Office of the President
13363

Establishing the Afghanistan and Iraq Campaign Medals

Nov 29, 2004
George W. Bush
Executive Office of the President
13361

Assignment of Functions Under the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003

Nov 16, 2004
George W. Bush
Executive Office of the President
13360

Providing Opportunities for Service-Disabled Veteran Businesses To Increase Their Federal Contracting and Subcontracting

Oct 20, 2004
George W. Bush
Executive Office of the President
13359

Amendment to Executive Order 13173, Interagency Task Force on the Economic Development of the Central San Joaquin Valley

Oct 20, 2004
George W. Bush
Executive Office of the President
13358

Assignment of Functions Relating to Certain Appointments, Promotions, and Commissions in the Armed Forces

Sep 28, 2004
George W. Bush
Executive Office of the President
13357

Termination of Emergency Declared in Executive Order 12543 With Respect to the Policies and Actions of the

Sep 20, 2004
George W. Bush
Executive Office of the President
13354

National Counterterrorism Center

Aug 27, 2004
George W. Bush
Executive Office of the President
13353

Establishing the President's Board on Safeguarding Americans' Civil Liberties

Aug 27, 2004
George W. Bush
Executive Office of the President
13356

Strengthening the Sharing of Terrorism Information To Protect Americans

Aug 27, 2004
George W. Bush
Executive Office of the President
13355

Strengthened Management of the Intelligence Community

Aug 27, 2004
George W. Bush
Executive Office of the President
13352

Facilitation of Cooperative Conservation

Aug 26, 2004
George W. Bush
Executive Office of the President
13351

Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate a Dispute Between the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and Its Conductors Represented by the United Transportation Union

Aug 9, 2004
George W. Bush
Executive Office of the President