Republican Convention: The Family Tree

LUCRETIA “LOULIE” (WEAR) WALKER 1874-1961 Oversaw a privileged and fun-loving household in St. Louis, Mo.

GEORGE HERBERT WALKER 1875-1953 Started a brokerage firm in his 20s that Merrill Lynch bought in 1974. A president of the U.S. Golf Association, he established the prestigious Walker Cup

FLORA (SHELDON) BUSH 1872-1920 Raised her children in the Ohio county where she grew up SAMUEL PRESCOTT BUSH 1863-1948 An Ohio steel magnate and adviser to President Hoover; believed in corporate paternalism like employee housing and compensation

SCOTT PIERCE 1866-1945 Came from a wealthy Pennsylvania family but lost all his money in the 1893 iron crash. Moved his family to Dayton, Ohio, and became an insurance salesman

MABEL (MARVIN) PIERCE 1869-(unavailable) Was college educated and played the piano. Columba Bush, Jeb’s wife, inherited her wedding ring

JAMES E. ROBINSON 1868-1932 A farmer’s son who became an Ohio supreme court justice; was an expert fisherman and hunter

LULU (FLICKINGER) ROBINSON (dates unavailable) After her husband’s death she learned to drive and toured the U.S., Canada and Mexico in a trailer. Barbara Bush’s favorite grandparent

DOROTHY (WALKER) BUSH 1901-92 The most competitive Bush, she bred in her children the drive to win and the rule never to brag about it. While in the White House, her son called her every day

PRESCOTT SHELDON BUSH 1895-1972 An investment banker and the first Bush to win elective office, becoming a Senator from Connecticut. A stern man, he would tell his offspring to “call me Senator”

MARVIN PIERCE 1893-1969 Trained as a civil engineer, he started out as an assistant at McCall’s Publishing and rose to president and chairman of the board

PAULINE (ROBINSON) PIERCE 1896-1949 An avid gardener, she died in an accident when her husband, trying to prevent coffee from spilling on her dress, lost control of the car

WILLA GRAY (MARTIN) PIERCE Born: 1911 Marvin Pierce’s second wife is a painter, writer and socialite from a prominent South Carolina family. She wrote features for the A.P. for five years

NANCY ELLIS Born: 1926 The most liberal Bush, she is an environmentalist and civil rights activist but a cheerleader for her brother and nephews

WILLIAM “BUCKY” BUSH Born: 1938 A financier, he encouraged W.’s love of baseball and has been fund-raising for his nephew. He married Willa Pierce’s niece Patty

JONATHAN BUSH Born: 1931 An investment banker and broker, he raised money for his brother and recruited investors for George W.’s oil business

PRESCOTT BUSH JR. Born: 1922 A businessman with expertise on China, was named by his brother to the U.S.-Hong Kong business committee. He developed a golf course in Shanghai

GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH Born: 1924 The standard bearer. His eight years as Vice President and four years as President followed an already impressive public-service resume

BARBARA (PIERCE) BUSH Born: 1925 De facto single parent while her husband was in oil and politics, she raised her family in seven cities

JAMES PIERCE 1922-93 An Army and Navy vet of WWII, he followed his father into publishing, consulting on several sports magazines

SCOTT PIERCE Born: 1930 As president of E.F. Hutton & Co., he had to plead guilty to check kiting on behalf of the company, which was fined $2 million in 1985. He also rounded up investors for W.’s oil concern

MARTHA RAFFERTY 1920-1999 A model for Vogue, she was an active member of the G.O.P. in Hartford, Conn.

ROBIN BUSH 1949-1953 She died of leukemia two months before her fourth birthday

JOHN ELLIS “JEB” BUSH Governor of Florida Married to Columba, 47. Children: George Prescott, 24; Noelle, 23; Jebby, 16

NEIL BUSH Born: 1955 A management consultant in Texas Married to Sharon, 48. Children: Lauren, 16; Pierce, 14; Ashley, 11.

MARVIN BUSH Born: 1956 A businessman in Virginia. Married to Margaret, 41. Children: Marshall, 14; Charles, 10.

DOROTHY (BUSH) KOCH Born: 1959 A homemaker in Conn. Married to Robert, 40. Children; Sam LeBlond, 16; Ellie LeBlond, 13; Robert Koch, 7; Gigi Koch, 4

GEORGE W. BUSH Born: 1946 Presidential candidate Children: Jenna and Barbara, 18

LAURA (WELCH) BUSH Born: 1946 Aspiring first lady

OTHER INTERESTING RELATIONS

FRANKLIN PIERCE 14th President of the U.S. and punching bag for presidential historians, he is an ancestor of Scott Pierce, Barbara Bush’s grandfather

THE QUEEN MUM AND QUEEN ELIZABETH According to Burke’s Peerage of London, Britain’s matriarchs are distant cousins of the Bushes. (The Queen Mother is a 13th cousin once removed from President Bush; the Queen is a 13th cousin twice removed from him)

JOHN WALKER Stricken with polio at 41, Dorothy Walker Bush’s brother quit his surgery practice and became an investment banker. He was also president of Sloan-Kettering’s Memorial Hospital in New York City, where ROBIN BUSH was treated for leukemia

GEORGE HERBERT WALKER JR. Dorothy’s other brother was chairman of the board of the investment firm his father founded and an original co-owner of the New York Mets