Alvin Bush

Not to be confused with Alvin C. Bush.
Alvin Ray Bush
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 17th district
In office
January 3, 1953  November 5, 1959
Preceded by Richard M. Simpson
Succeeded by Herman T. Schneebeli
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 15th district
In office
January 3, 1951  January 3, 1953
Preceded by Robert F. Rich
Succeeded by Francis E. Walter
Personal details
Born (1893-06-04)June 4, 1893
Boggs Township, Pennsylvania
Died November 5, 1959(1959-11-05) (aged 66)
Political party Republican

Alvin Ray Bush (June 4, 1893 – November 5, 1959) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

Alvin Bush was born on a farm in Boggs Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. At the age of thirteen started work as a laborer in Pennsylvania coal mines and later was an apprentice in a machine shop. During World War I, Bush served overseas as a corporal with the Five Hundred and Forty-first Motor Truck Company. He established an automobile repair business in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania. Bush purchased a bus line serving Philipsburg and neighboring communities, and later becoming president and general manager of the Williamsport Transportation Co.[1] He operated a dairy farm in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, and served as director of Lowry Electric Co. and Muncy Valley Hospital.

Bush was elected as a Republican to the 82nd United States Congress and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1951, until his death in Williamsport, Pennsylvania in 1959.

Namesake

The Alvin R. Bush Dam on Kettle Creek, north of Renovo, Pennsylvania, is named in his honor.[2]

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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Robert F. Rich
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district

19511953
Succeeded by
Francis E. Walter
Preceded by
Richard M. Simpson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district

19531959
Succeeded by
Herman T. Schneebeli
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