Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei rārangi - Ko Bush he kaitono kē ki te 1940 Republican National Convention, me te kaitono ki te 1944, 1948
me te 1952 Republican National Conventions. I roto i te 1952 tuatahi i kite tona pōtitanga i runga i Hamilton Fish III rite te pōti mo Dwight D. Eisenhower i runga i Robert A. Taft, ahakoa kihai i Bush i roto i tetahi ara pono ki te pōti mo Eisenhower.