Robert Grey Bushong (June 10, 1883 – April 6, 1951) was a Republican member of the

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from Pennsylvania. Robert G. Bushong was born in

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. He was the son of Jacob and Lillie (Roberts) Bushong and the grandson of

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. He attended

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in Andover, Massachusetts. He graduated from Yale University in 1903 and from the law school of Columbia University, New York City, in 1906. He was admitted to the bar in 1906 and commenced practice in Reading. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives in 1908 and 1909. He was the president judge of the orphans' court of Berks County, Pennsylvania, in 1914 and 1915. He was a delegate to the

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in 1916 and 1924. Bushong was elected as a Republican to the Seventieth Congress, and was not a candidate for renomination in 1928. He resumed the practice of law in Reading and resided in Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania. He died in Reading. Interment in Reading's

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*"Robert G. Bushong." New York Times. 7 Apr 1951, 12. {{DEFAULTSORT:Bushong, Robert G. 1883 births 1951 deaths Burials at Charles Evans Cemetery Politicians from Reading, Pennsylvania Republican Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Pennsylvania lawyers Phillips Academy alumni Yale University alumni Columbia Law School alumni Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania 20th-century American legislators 20th-century American lawyers 20th-century Pennsylvania politicians