Alvin Ray Bush (June 4, 1893 – November 5, 1959) was a
Republican
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member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
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from
Pennsylvania
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.
Biography
Alvin Bush was born on a farm in
Boggs Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
Boggs Township is a township in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,666 at the 2020 census.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (0.2 ...
. At the age of thirteen started work as a laborer in Pennsylvania
coal mines
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and later was an apprentice in a machine shop. During
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
, 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. He operated a dairy farm in
Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
Lycoming County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 114,188. Its county seat is Williamsport.
Lycoming County comprises the Williamsport metropolitan statistical area.
About northwest o ...
, 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
Williamsport is a city in, and the county seat of, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States. It recorded a population of 27,754 at the 2020 Census. It is the principal city of the Williamsport Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a popul ...
in 1959. Bush voted in favor of the
Civil Rights Act of 1957.
Namesake
The
Alvin R. Bush Dam on
Kettle Creek, north of
Renovo, Pennsylvania, is named in his honor.
Army Corps of Engineers
See also
* List of United States Congress members who died in office (1950–99)
References
External links
Retrieved on 2009-03-01
The Political Graveyard
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1893 births
1959 deaths
American military personnel of World War I
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
20th-century American politicians
Businesspeople from Pennsylvania
20th-century American businesspeople