Ia tusi se faaauauina o lenei palakalafa - O Bush o se sui sui o le 1940 Republican National Convention, ma o se sui o 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.