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'Your success now is our country's success. I am rooting hard for you': Read the heartfelt letter George H.W. Bush left for Bill Clinton after the 1992 election

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'Your success now is our country's success. I am rooting hard for you': Read the heartfelt letter George H.W. Bush left for Bill Clinton after the 1992 election

CLINTON INAUGURATION 1993
  • After losing the 1992 presidential election, former President H.W. Bush - following in a longstanding tradition - left a heartfelt note to his successor, and the man who defeated him for the presidency then-President Bill Clinton.
  • "Your success now is our country's success. I am rooting hard for you."
  • Former President George H.W. Bush died on November 30 at age 94.

After losing the 1992 presidential election, former President H.W. Bush - following in a long-standing tradition - left a heartfelt note to his successor, and the man who defeated him for the presidency, then-President Bill Clinton.

"Your success now is our country's success," Bush wrote in closing. "I am rooting hard for you."

That letter was being shared on social media Friday night, as people remembered the 41st president, who died at age 94 on November 30.

Read the full letter is below:

Jan. 20, 1993

Dear Bill,

When I walked into this office just now I felt the same sense of wonder and respect that I felt four years ago. I know you will feel that, too.

I wish you great happiness here. I never felt the loneliness some Presidents have described.

There will be very tough times, made even more difficult by criticism you may not think is fair. I'm not a very good one to give advice; but just don't let the critics discourage you or push you off course.

You will be our President when you read this note. I wish you well. I wish your family well.

Your success now is our country's success. I am rooting hard for you.

Good Luck - George

Late Friday night, remembrances of the 41st president poured out from former President Bill Clinton, President Trump, former President Barack Obama, and more.

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