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George W. Bush, 42nd President

Explore the Bush administration (2005–2009). View events, executive orders, leadership positions, court cases, and key policy decisions that shaped American governance.

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2009–2013 (1st term)

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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)

Events41Executive Orders118
Leadership32Court Cases13
13488

Granting Reciprocity on Excepted Service and Federal Contractor Employee Fitness and Reinvestigating Individuals in Positions of Public Trust

Jan 16, 2009
George W. Bush
Executive Office of the President
13487

Establishment of a Temporary Organization To Facilitate United States Government Support for Afghanistan

Jan 16, 2009
George W. Bush
Executive Office of the President
13484

Amending the Order of Succession Within the Department of Agriculture

Jan 9, 2009
George W. Bush
Executive Office of the President
13485

Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Transportation

Jan 9, 2009
George W. Bush
Executive Office of the President
13486

Strengthening Laboratory Biosecurity in the United States

Jan 9, 2009
George W. Bush
Executive Office of the President
13483

Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay

Dec 18, 2008
George W. Bush
Executive Office of the President
13482

Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on Friday, December 26, 2008

Dec 12, 2008
George W. Bush
Executive Office of the President
13481

Providing An Order of Succession Within the Department of Justice

Dec 9, 2008
George W. Bush
Executive Office of the President
13480

Exclusions From the Federal Labor-management Relations Program

Nov 26, 2008
George W. Bush
Executive Office of the President
13478

Amendments To Executive Order 9397 Relating To Federal Agency Use of Social Security Numbers

Nov 18, 2008
George W. Bush
Executive Office of the President
13479

Transformation of the National Air Transportation System

Nov 18, 2008
George W. Bush
Executive Office of the President
13477

Settlement of Claims Against Libya

Oct 31, 2008
George W. Bush
Executive Office of the President
13476

Facilitation of a Presidential Transition

Oct 9, 2008
George W. Bush
Executive Office of the President
13475

Further Amendments To Executive Orders 12139 And 12949 In Light of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008

Oct 7, 2008
George W. Bush
Executive Office of the President
13474

Amendments to Executive Order 12962

Sep 26, 2008
George W. Bush
Executive Office of the President
13473

To Authorize Certain Noncompetitive Appointments in the Civil Service for Spouses of Certain Members of the Armed Forces

Sep 25, 2008
George W. Bush
Executive Office of the President
13472

Executive Branch Responsibilities With Respect To Orders of Succession

Sep 11, 2008
George W. Bush
Executive Office of the President
13471

Further Amendments To Executive Order 13285, President's Council On Service And Civic Participation

Aug 28, 2008
George W. Bush
Executive Office of the President
13470

Further Amendments to Executive Order 12333, United States Intelligence Activities

Jul 30, 2008
George W. Bush
Executive Office of the President
13469

Blocking Property of Additional Persons Undermining Democratic Processes or Institutions in Zimbabwe

Jul 25, 2008
George W. Bush
Executive Office of the President