Alvin Bush

Not to be confused with Alvin C. Bush.

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. 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.

External links

• Alvin Bush at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2009-03-01
• The Political Graveyard
• Alvin Bush at Find a Grave

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Robert F. Rich	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district 1951–1953	Succeeded by Francis E. Walter
Preceded by Richard M. Simpson	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district 1953–1959	Succeeded by Herman T. Schneebeli