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Household of Senator Prescott Sheldon Bush

He is married to Dorothy Wear Walker.

They got married on September 6, 1921 at Kennebunkport, York, Maine, he was 26 years old.


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Notes about Senator Prescott Sheldon Bush


Prescott Sheldon Bush (Columbus (Ohio), 15 mei 1895 – New York City, 8 oktober 1972), was een Amerikaans senator en bankier op Wall Street. Zowel zijn zoon George H.W. Bush als zijn kleinzoon George W. Bush zijn later president van deVerenigde Staten geworden.

Jeugd, studie en vroege carrière

Bush was de zoon van Samuel Prescott Bush en Flora Sheldon Bush. Het gezin bestond uit vijf kinderen. Van 1908 tot 1913 zat hij op de St. George's School net buiten Newport. In 1913 schreef hij zich als student in aan de Yale-universiteit.In 1917 behaalde hij zijn diploma.

Na zijn afstuderen diende Bush als artilleriekapitein voor het Amerikaanse leger (1917-1919) in de Eerste Wereldoorlog. Hij was gestationeerd in Verdun, Frankrijk.

Na zijn ontslag in 1919, werd hij werkzaam bij het bedrijf Keen Kutter in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1923 werkte Bush voor Hupmobile en daarna voor het bedrijf Stedman Products. In 1924 werd Prescott Bush vicevoorzitter van investeringsbank A.Harriman & Co. Bush werd in 1931 partner van de zakenbank nadat deze fuseerde met Brown Brothers & Company.
In 1925 sloot Bush zich aan bij de United States Rubber Company.
Vanaf 1932 zat Bush in het Raad van Bestuur van CBS.Van 1944 tot 1956 was Prescott Bush lid van de Yale Corporation, het belangrijkste bestuursorgaan van Yale.
Bush was een van de zeven directeuren van de investeringsbank Union Banking Corporation. Daar bleef hij tot 1943.

Bush was politiek actief met betrekking tot sociale thema's. Zo was hij vanaf 1942 betrokken bij een organisatie voor geboortebeperking en in 1951 een organisatie voor het fondsen werven voor zwarte studenten.
Hij werd senator van 1953 tot 1963. Een van zijn speerpunten was overstromings- en orkaanbescherming.

Prescott Bush trouwde met Dorothy Walker op 6 augustus, 1921, in Kennebunkport, Maine. Ze kregen vijf kinderen: Prescott Bush Jr., George H.W. Bush, Nancy Bush, Jonathan Bush en William "Bucky" Bush.
Hij overleed in 1972 te New York City, Connecticut.

In diverse media zijn er berichten verschenen over het feit dat bedrijven waar Bush leiding over had of zaken mee deed, winst maakten en financiële steun verleende aan de opkomst van het Derde Rijk. Daarbij wordt Fritz Thyssen en een bankin Rotterdam genoemd.
Verder wordt Prescott Bush verantwoordelijk gehouden voor de roof van het graf van Apache indiaan Geronimo ten behoeve van het geheime genootschap Skull and Bones.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Prescott Sheldon Bush

Robert Emmet Sheldon
1845-1917
Mary Elizabeth Butler
1850-1897
Flora Sheldon
1872-1920

Prescott Sheldon Bush
1895-1972

1921

Dorothy Wear Walker
1901-1992

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Historical events

Birthday May 15, 1895

  • The temperature on May 15, 1895 was about 12.5 °C. There was 9 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1895: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • May 7 » In Saint Petersburg, Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention, the Popov lightning detector—a primitive radio receiver. In some parts of the former Soviet Union the anniversary of this day is celebrated as Radio Day.
    • May 25 » The Republic of Formosa is formed, with Tang Jingsong as its president.
    • September 18 » The Atlanta Exposition Speech on race relations is delivered by Booker T. Washington.
    • October 22 » In Paris an express train derails after overrunning the buffer stop, crossing almost 30 metres (100ft) of concourse before crashing through a wall and falling 10 metres (33ft) to the road below.
    • November 8 » While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray.
    • November 27 » At the Swedish–Norwegian Club in Paris, Alfred Nobel signs his last will and testament, setting aside his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after he dies.

Day of marriage September 6, 1921

  • The temperature on September 6, 1921 was between 5.7 °C and 24.8 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1921: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
    • February 25 » Georgian capital Tbilisi falls to the invading Russian forces after heavy fighting and the Russians declare the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.
    • July 2 » World War I: U.S. President Warren G. Harding signs the Knox–Porter Resolution formally ending the war between the United States and Germany.
    • July 11 » Former president of the United States William Howard Taft is sworn in as 10th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the only person ever to hold both offices.
    • September 5 » Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle party in San Francisco ends with the death of the young actress Virginia Rappe: One of the first scandals of the Hollywood community.
    • September 7 » The Legion of Mary, the largest apostolic organization of lay people in the Catholic Church, is founded in Dublin, Ireland.
    • October 29 » The Harvard University football team loses to Centre College, ending a 25-game winning streak. This is considered one of the biggest upsets in college football.

Day of death October 8, 1972

  • The temperature on October 8, 1972 was between 2.9 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1972: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.3 million citizens.
    • February 29 » Vietnam War: Vietnamization: South Korea withdraws 11,000 of its 48,000 troops from Vietnam.
    • May 21 » Michelangelo's Pietà in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome is damaged by a vandal, the mentally disturbed Hungarian geologist Laszlo Toth.
    • June 15 » Red Army Faction co-founder Ulrike Meinhof is captured by police in Langenhagen.
    • June 20 » Watergate scandal: An 18½-minute gap appears in the tape recording of the conversations between U.S. President Richard Nixon and his advisers regarding the recent arrests of his operatives while breaking into the Watergate complex.
    • September 1 » In Reykjavík, Iceland, American Bobby Fischer beats Russian Boris Spassky to become the world chess champion.
    • September 6 » Munich massacre: Nine Israeli athletes die (along with a German policeman) at the hands of the Palestinian "Black September" terrorist group after being taken hostage at the Munich Olympic Games. Two other Israeli athletes were slain in the initial attack the previous day.


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