[PAR] [TLE] George W. Bush [SEP] George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009.  He was also the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000.  After graduating from Yale University in 1968 and Harvard Business School in 1975, he worked in the oil industry.  Bush married Laura Welch in 1977 and ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives shortly thereafter.  He later co-owned the Texas Rangers baseball team before defeating Ann Richards in the 1994 Texas gubernatorial election.  Bush was elected president in 2000 after a close and controversial win over Democratic rival Al Gore, becoming the fourth president to be elected while receiving fewer popular votes than his opponent. [PAR] [TLE] Gabor Boritt [SEP] Gabor S. Boritt (born 1940 in Budapest, Hungary) is an American historian.  He was the Robert Fluhrer Professor of Civil War Studies and Director of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College.  Born and raised in Hungary, he participated as a teenager in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 against the Soviet Union before escaping to America, where he received his higher education and became a scholar of Abraham Lincoln and the American Civil War.  He is the author, co-author, or editor of 16 books about Lincoln or the War.  Boritt received the National Humanities Medal in 2008 from President George W. Bush.
[PAR] [TLE] George W. Bush [ SEP ] George Walker Bush ( born July 6 , 1946 ) is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 . He was also the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000 . After graduating from Yale University in 1968 and Harvard Business School in 1975 , he worked in the oil industry . Bush married Laura Welch in 1977 and ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives shortly thereafter . He later co - owned the Texas Rangers baseball team before defeating Ann Richards in the 1994 Texas gubernatorial election . Bush was elected president in 2000 after a close and controversial win over Democratic rival Al Gore , becoming the fourth president to be elected while receiving fewer popular votes than his opponent . [PAR] [TLE] Gabor Boritt [ SEP ] Gabor S. Boritt ( born 1940 in Budapest , Hungary ) is an American historian . He was the Robert Fluhrer Professor of Civil War Studies and Director of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College . Born and raised in Hungary , he participated as a teenager in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 against the Soviet Union before escaping to America , where he received his higher education and became a scholar of Abraham Lincoln and the American Civil War . He is the author , co - author , or editor of 16 books about Lincoln or the War . Boritt received the National Humanities Medal in 2008 from President George W. Bush .
In 2008, Gabor Boritt received the National Humanities Medal from a politician that was governor of what state from 1995 to 2000?
In 2008 , Gabor Boritt received the National Humanities Medal from a politician that was governor of what state from 1995 to 2000 ?
Texas
Texas