Marvin Pierce Bush (born October 22, 1956) is an American businessman. He is a son of former U.S. President

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and First Lady Barbara Bush and the brother of former U.S. President

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, former Florida Governor

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, the late Robin Bush, Neil Bush, and Dorothy Bush Koch.

Biography

Early life

Marvin Pierce Bush was born on October 22, 1956, in

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, and was named after his maternal grandfather, Marvin Pierce. He attended Woodberry Forest School in Virginia, graduating in 1975. He went on to obtain a B.A. degree in English from the

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, where he became a member of the Delta Phi fraternity (St. Elmo Hall). He spent most summers and holidays at the Bush family estate.

Career

He worked as director of HCC Insurance Holdings. HCC, formerly Houston Casualty Company, is a

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insurance company on the

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. He appears in the 2008 award-winning documentary on Lee Atwater, '' Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story''. He served on the board of directors for SECURACOM from 1993 to June 2000.

Personal life

He is married to Margaret Conway (''

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'' Molster; b. 1959). They have two adopted children: a daughter, Marshall Lloyd (b. 1986), and a son, Charles Walker (b. 1989).

Politics

In the 2016 presidential election, Bush endorsed

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candidate

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, over either Republican candidate

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or Democratic candidate

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. He stated that Johnson and running mate Bill Weld were both two-term governors, who are "fiscally conservative, and their essential message is 'get bureaucracy off our backs', which used to be a part of what the Republicans believed." He said that a list of controversies made Clinton untrustworthy, and cited Trump's negativity. Bush previously endorsed his brother

, who lost the Republican primary. His announcement was consistent with his family's general opposition to Trump. In the Republican primaries, however, another Bush brother, Neil Bush, joined the

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election campaign on the finance team.

References

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