Prescott Bush

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.

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

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)