Prescott Sheldon Bush (May 15, 1895 – October 8, 1972) was an American banker and Republican politician. He was a Wall Street executive banker and a United States Senator, representing Connecticut from 1952 until January 1963. He was the father of George H. W. Bush (41st President of the United States) and the grandfather of George W. Bush (43rd President of the United States) and Jeb Bush (43rd Governor of Florida).
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| - Prescott Sheldon Bush (May 15, 1895 – October 8, 1972) was an American banker and Republican politician. He was a Wall Street executive banker and a United States Senator, representing Connecticut from 1952 until January 1963. He was the father of George H. W. Bush (41st President of the United States) and the grandfather of George W. Bush (43rd President of the United States) and Jeb Bush (43rd Governor of Florida).
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| - Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court
- U.S. Senator from Connecticut
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| - Incumbent at novel's end, 1953
- Abraham A. Ribicoff
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| - George H. W. Bush
- Jonathan Bush
- Nancy Walker Bush Ellis
- Prescott S. Bush, Jr.
- William H.T. Bush
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- Businessman, politician
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| - Prescott Sheldon Bush (May 15, 1895 – October 8, 1972) was an American banker and Republican politician. He was a Wall Street executive banker and a United States Senator, representing Connecticut from 1952 until January 1963. He was the father of George H. W. Bush (41st President of the United States) and the grandfather of George W. Bush (43rd President of the United States) and Jeb Bush (43rd Governor of Florida). Bush served as an artilleryman during World War I. A member of the Republican Party's progressive wing, Bush was a member of Planned Parenthood and a supporter of the United Negro College Fund. He also became a close political adviser of President Harry Truman during the 1940s. As senator, he supported a number of more progressive policies, including the interstate highway system, and supported flood and hurricane protection legislation.
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