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| | Welcome to The American Presidency |
 | | Bush, the son of former president George Bush, was born in New Haven, Conn., on July 6, 1946, and grew up in Midland, Tex. He attended the exclusive Phillips Academy—Andover (Mass.), and received degrees from Yale (B.A., 1968) and Harvard (M.B.A., 1975) universities. |
 | | Bush proved to be an adept campaigner with strong voter appeal, and he won the election with 53.5% of the vote. |
 | | Bush, it was shown, had failed to maintain his medical status and thus lost his flight clearance, and during part of 1972 he was in Alabama helping a family friend run an election campaign. |
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