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That’s one lesson from the longevity of the Bush family. Though not every Bush who ventured into politics made the cover of TIME — sorry, Prescott Bush — the clan, including George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush and some Barbara Bush along the way, has garnered dozens of covers over the years. (For the record, a complete gallery of the Clinton clan’s covers would be 54 slides long.) Flip through the images and you’ll notice a lot more than the years passing. The Bush story traces the fall of Nixon, the end of the Cold War, the contested 2000 election, the tragedy of Sept. 11, the war in Iraq. It is, essentially, a record of a few decades of American history.  George H. W. Bush, Jeb and George W. from 1970. George Bush Presidential Library and Museum/Corbis Now Jeb Bush, who had so far only made one cover cameo (Aug. 7, 2000), may be on the verge of adding another chapter to political history. No matter what happens in 2016, he’s got a good start: this week, he’s on the cover of TIME. **Correction:** The original version of this story misstated the number of times a Clinton had been featured on the cover of TIME. It was 54, as of March 5, 2015.  George H.W. Bush, pictured during his run for a Texas Senate seat, on the Oct. 26, 1970, cover of TIME Cover Credit: MORT DRUCKER  George H.W. Bush, pictured as part of Gerald Ford's team, on the Nov. 17, 1975, cover of TIME  Ronald Reagan & George H.W. Bush on the Jul. 28, 1980, cover of TIME Cover Credit: NEIL LEIFER  Ronald Reagan & George H.W. Bush on the Aug. 27, 1984, cover of TIME Cover Credit: DIRCK HALSTEAD  George H.W. Bush, top left, with Geraldine Ferraro, Walter Mondale and Ronald Reagan, on the Oct. 22, 1984, cover of TIME TIME  George H.W. Bush, pictured among other presidential contenders, on the Feb. 29, 1988, cover of TIME TIME  George H.W. Bush on the Mar. 21, 1988, cover of TIME Cover Credit: DANIEL SCHWARTZ  George H.W. Bush on the Aug. 22, 1988, cover of TIME Cover Credit: WILLIAM COUPON  George H.W. Bush & Dan Quayle on the Aug. 29, 1988, cover of TIME Cover Credit: DENNIS BRACK  George H.W. Bush on the Nov. 21, 1988, cover of TIME Cover Credit: CYNTHIA JOHNSON  George H.W. Bush, with Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, on the Dec. 19, 1988, cover of TIME Cover Credit: DIRCK HALSTEAD  Barbara Bush on the Jan. 23, 1989, cover of TIME Cover Credit: GREGORY HEISLER  George H.W. Bush on the Jan. 30, 1989, cover of TIME Cover Credit: DIRCK HALSTEAD  George H.W. Bush on the Aug. 21, 1989, cover of TIME TIME  George H.W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev on the Dec. 11, 1989, cover of TIME Cover Credit: DIANA WALKER  Saddam Hussein and George H.W. Bush on the Aug. 20, 1990, cover of TIME Cover Credit: DIRCK HALSTEAD (BUSH); THOMAS HARTWELL (SADDAM)  George H.W. Bush, Men of the Year, on the Jan. 7, 1991, cover of TIME Cover Credit: GREGORY HEISLER  George H.W. Bush, with possible vice-presidential candidates, on the May 20, 1991, cover of TIME Cover Credit: COMPUTER-ALTERED STATE OF THE UNION PHOTO BY DIANA WALKER  George H.W. Bush on the Aug. 24, 1992, cover of TIME Cover Credit: WILLIAM COUPON  George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and H. Ross Perot on the Oct. 12, 1992, cover of TIME Cover Credit: DIANA WALKER, STEVE LISS, & SHELLY KATZ-BLACK STAR  Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush on the Oct. 19, 1992, cover of TIME Cover Credit: CYNTHIA JOHNSON  George W. Bush on the June 21, 1999, cover of TIME TIME  Bush, Gore, McCain & Bradley on the Jan. 31, 2000, cover of TIME TIME  George W. Bush on the Feb. 28, 2000, cover of TIME TIME  The 'Bush Dynasty' on the Aug. 7, 2000, cover of TIME TIME  George W. Bush & Al Gore on the Nov. 6, 2000, cover of TIME Cover Credit: BROOKS KRAFT (BUSH) / CORBIS SYGMA; DIANA WALKER (GORE)  George W. Bush & Al Gore on the Nov. 20, 2000, cover of TIME TIME  George W. Bush & Al Gore on the Nov. 27, 2000, cover of TIME TIME  George W. Bush & Al Gore on the Dec. 4, 2000, cover of TIME TIME  George W. Bush, Person of the Year, on the Dec. 25, 2000, cover of TIME TIME  George W. Bush on the June 4, 2001, cover of TIME TIME  George W. Bush on the Sept. 24, 2001, cover of TIME Cover Credit: DOUG MILLS  George W. Bush on the Nov. 5, 2001, cover of TIME Cover Credit: BROOKS KRAFT - GAMMA  George W. Bush on the June 17, 2002, cover of TIME TIME  George W. Bush & Karl Rove on the Nov. 18, 2002, cover of TIME Cover Credit: BROOKS KRAFT  George W. Bush on the Mar. 3, 2003, cover of TIME TIME  George W. Bush on the Jul. 21, 2003, cover of TIME Cover Credit: BROOKS KRAFT  George W. Bush on the Oct. 6, 2003, cover of TIME Cover Credit: BROOKS KRAFT  George W. Bush on the Dec. 1, 2003, cover of TIME Cover Credit: BROOKS KRAFT  George W. Bush on the Feb. 16, 2004, cover of TIME Cover Credit: ALEX WONG  George W. Bush on the May 24, 2004, cover of TIME Cover Credit: ARTHUR HOCHSTEIN  George W. Bush (and Laura Bush, top right) on the Sept. 6, 2004, cover of TIME TIME  George W. Bush and John Kerry on the Oct. 18, 2004, cover of TIME TIME  John Kerry and George W. Bush on the Nov. 1, 2004, cover of TIME TIME  George W. Bush on the Nov. 15, 2004, cover of TIME TIME  President George W. Bush, Person Of The Year, on the Dec. 27, 2004, cover of TIME Cover Credit: DANIEL ADEL  Dick Cheney and George W. Bush on the Feb. 27, 2006, cover of TIME Cover Credit: BROOKS KRAFT / CORBIS FOR TIME  George W. Bush on the Nov. 6, 2006, cover of TIME Cover Credit: PHOTOGRAPH BY RON EDMONDS-AP  Dick Cheney and George W. Bush on the Aug. 3, 2009, cover of TIME Cover Credit: PHOTOGRAPH BY LUKE FRAZZA/AFP/GETTY. INSETS, FROM LEFT: CBS/LANDOV; TOM GRILL/GETTY.  George W. Bush, far left, with Barack Obama and Bill Clinton on the Apr. 23, 2012, cover of TIME Cover Credit: PHOTOGRAPH BY BROOKS KRAFT / CORBIS FOR TIME  George H.W. Bush, Jeb Bush and George W. 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