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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—ConnecticutBUSH, Prescott Sheldon
(1895—1972)
Senate Years of Service:
1952-1963
Party:
Republican
BUSH, Prescott Sheldon, (father of George Herbert Walker Bush, grandfather of President George W. Bush), a Senator from Connecticut; born in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, May 15, 1895; attended the Douglas School of Columbus, Ohio, and St. George’s School, Newport, R.I., 1908-1913; graduated from Yale University in 1917; enlisted in Connecticut National Guard in 1916 and served as captain of Field Artillery in American Expeditionary Forces 1917-1919; engaged in hardware business as a warehouse clerk in St. Louis, Mo.; moved to Greenwich, Conn., in 1924; engaged in banking business in New York City 1926; moderator, Greenwich Representative Town Meeting 1935-1952; trustee, Yale University; unsuccessful Republican candidate for the United States Senate in 1950; elected on November 4, 1952, as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James O’Brien McMahon; reelected in 1956 and served from November 4, 1952, to January 2, 1963; was not a candidate for reelection in 1962; resumed his career in the banking and investment field; died in New York City, October 8, 1972; interment in Putnam Cemetery, Greenwich, Conn.
Bibliography
American National Biography
; Herskowitz, Mickey. Duty, Honor, Country: The Story and Legacy of Prescott Bush
. Nashville: Rutledge Hill Press, 2003.
Herskowitz, Mickey. Duty, Honor, Country: The Story and Legacy of Prescott Bush
. Nashville: Rutledge Hill Press, 2003.
Schlup, Leonard. “Prescott Bush and the Foundations of Modern Republicanism.” Research Journal of Philosophy and Social Sciences
(1992): 1-16.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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