Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?
Thank you for noting this. GHWB popped right up in my mind when I read the Yankee president line
KosmicKitty <- Connecticut Yankee
George H. W. Bush is a Texan who happened to be born in Connecticut.
He moved here after honorable service in WWII, and except when serving his country, has lived in Texas ever since.
He made his fortune in Texas.
He raised his family in Texas.
He buried a child in Texas.
He ran for every political office he held as a Texas resident.
He set up his Presidential library in Texas.
He moved back to Texas after serving as President.
He has lived in Texas longer than Sam Houston. He has lived in Texas longer than Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, and Buck Travis, combined.
We can argue the man’s politics, whether he was a good President, and whether or not he is conservative enough, but if Sam Houston is from Texas, then so is G. H W. Bush.
He may have been born a yankee, but he got to God’s Country as soon as he could and has been here ever since. Texas has always been less about where you were born, than about what you did afterwards.
Reagan was born and raised in Illinois. He's not a Yankee?