| Prescott Bush  AKA Prescott Sheldon Bush
Born: 15-May-1895
Birthplace: Columbus, OH
Died: 8-Oct-1972
Location of death: New York City
Cause of death: Cancer - Lung
Remains: Buried, Putnam Cemetery, Greenwich, CT
Gender: Male
Religion: Anglican/Episcopalian
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Politician, Business
Party Affiliation: Republican Nationality: United States
Executive summary: US Senator from Connecticut, 1952-63 Military service: US Army (1917-19) During his 1959 acceptance speech as the Alfalfa Club's presidential nominee, Sen. Prescott Bush quipped:
I recall here the immortal words of Granville Rice, when he wrote:
The rules of life apply the same
To any sport you choose
It matters not how you play the game,
So long as you never lose.
Father: Samuel P. Bush
Mother: Flora Sheldon
Wife: Dorothy Walker (m. 6-Aug-1921)
Son: George H.W. Bush
Son: Prescott S. Bush, Jr.
Son: Jonathan J. Bush
Son: William Trotter Bush
Daughter: Nancy Bush
High School: St. George's School, Newport, RI (1913)
University: BA, Yale University (1917)
US Senator, Connecticut 1952-63
Brown Brothers Harriman Partner
Member of the Board of CBS
Alfalfa Club
Alibi Club
American Legion
Planned Parenthood National Treasurer 1947
Skull and Bones Society 1916
United Negro College Fund
US Golf Association President
Alfalfa Party candidate for US President
Jupiter Island
Bush Family
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