Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Bush bụ onye nnọchi anya nnọchiteanya na 1940 Republican National Convention, na onye nnọchiteanya na 1944,
1948 na 1952 Republican National Convention. N'afọ 1952, a hụrụ ntuliaka ya n'elu Hamilton Fish III dịka ntuliaka maka Dwight D. Eisenhower n'elu Robert A. Taft, n'agbanyeghi na Bush enweghị iwu ọ bụla ka ọ votu maka Eisenhower.