Faatumu le fuaiupu lenei: O Bush o se sui sui i le 1940 Republican National Convention, ma o se sui i le 1944,
1948 ma le 1952 Republican National Conventions. I le 1952 o lana palota muamua i luga o Hamilton Fish III na vaaia o se palota mo Dwight D. Eisenhower i luga o Robert A. Taft, e ui lava e leʻi faamalosia Bush e palota mo Eisenhower.