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Prescott Bush is the grandfather of current U.S. President George W. Bush, and the father of former U.S. President George H. W. Bush. He was a businessman who served in the U.S. Senate from 1952 to 1963.
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Fast Facts
- Notable position held: United States Senator from Connecticut
- Political party: Republican
- Spouse: Dorothy Walker Bush
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Timeline
- May 15, 1895: Born in Columbus, Ohio
- 1913: Enrolls at Yale University
- 1917: Graduates from Yale with a Bachelor of Arts degree
- 1917-1919: Serves as field artillery captain with the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I
- 1921: Marries Dorothy Walker
- 1924: Named vice president of A. Harriman & Co. by George Herbert Walker, his father-in-law
- 1947-1950: Served as Connecticut Republican finance chairman
- 1952: Elected to the United States Senate
- 1956: Re-elected to the Senate
- 1962: Retires
- October 8, 1972: Dies at age 77
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Nazi Connections
Recently declassified U.S. government documents have connected Prescott Bush to Fritz Thyssen, a German industrialist who helped fund Adolf Hitler's rise to power.The New Hampshire Gazette: Bush/Nazi Link Confirmed (October 10, 2003) Prescott Bush was a director of the Union Banking Corporation (UBC), which was owned by a bank owned by Thyssen. UBC, along with other Thyssen holdings, was seized in 1942 under the Trading with the Enemy Act for doing business with Nazi Germany.The New Hampshire Gazette: Bush/Nazi Link Continued (November 7, 2003)Prescott Bush has also been linked to the Business Plot, a political conspiracy involving several business leaders. The group was planning to overthrow U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt via a military coup, in an attempt to turn the country into a fascist dictatorship and adopt Nazi policies.BBC Radio: The Whitehouse Coup (July 23, 2007)
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General Smedley Butler exposes the1934 attempted military coup by Prescott Bush, Rockefeller, Ford, IBM, ITT etc http://tinyurl.com/ow3e6f
@344thBrother | July 05, 2009 06:59 PM -
George bush senior father prescott bush supported the nazi's by funneling dirty money through his bank in newyork. Talk about family ties
@K_London | July 04, 2009 01:36 PM -
@kentallard then why was prescott bush & other american bankers doing business with him? why weren't they stopped?
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"Public Enemies"3rd on List Prescott Bush dealing with "I.G. Farben" During WW 2 Manufac. of "Xyzlon" used in gas chambers
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The Raw Story: The View co-host brings up Prescott Bush's Nazi ties (May 20,2008)
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Guardian.co.uk: How Bush's grandfather helped Hitler's rise to power
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FOX News: Bush's Grandfather Directed Bank Tied to Man Who Funded Hitler
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The New Hampshire Gazette: Bush/Nazi Link Continued
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