Bush, Prescott Sheldon, 1895-1972

LC control no.	n 2002047710
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Bush, Prescott Sheldon, 1895-1972 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Birth date	18950515
Death date	19721008
Place of birth	Columbus, Ohio
Place of death	New York, N.Y.
Affiliation	Connecticut. National Guard United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces United States. Congress. Senate
Found in	Herskowitz, Mickey. Duty, honor, country, c2002: CIP t.p. (Prescott Bush) text (Prescott Sheldon Bush) LC database, Nov. 20, 2002 (hdg.: Bush, Prescott Sheldon, 1895-1972) Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, via WWW, July 22, 2013 (Bush, Prescott Sheldon (1895-1972); 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)