Prescott Bush

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Prescott Bush was an American investment banker and Republican U.S. Senator from Connecticut, best known as the patriarch of the Bush political family and father of President George H. W. Bush.


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instanceOf human
investment banker
politician
birthName Prescott Sheldon Bush
burialPlace Putnam Cemetery, Greenwich, Connecticut, United States
causeOfDeath lung cancer
child George H. W. Bush
Jonathan Bush
Nancy Walker Bush Ellis
Prescott S. Bush Jr.
William H. T. Bush
conflict World War I
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1895-05-15
dateOfDeath 1972-10-08
educatedAt St. George's School
Yale University
employer Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
endTime 1963 (service as U.S. Senator from Connecticut)
ethnicGroup White American
familyName Bush
father Samuel Prescott Bush
givenName Prescott
memberOf Skull and Bones
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party
militaryBranch United States Army
mother Flora Sheldon Bush
notableRelative George H. W. Bush
George W. Bush
Jeb Bush
notableWork helped build Bush political family dynasty
occupation business executive
investment banker
politician
placeOfBirth Columbus, Ohio, United States
placeOfDeath New York City, New York, United States
positionHeld United States Senator
United States Senator from Connecticut
precededBy Brien McMahon
religion Episcopalianism
representedIn United States Senate
residence Greenwich, Connecticut, United States
sexOrGender male
spouse Dorothy Walker Bush
startTime 1952 (service as U.S. Senator from Connecticut)
succeededBy Abraham A. Ribicoff
workLocation Connecticut
New York City


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