The Bush Clan

Prescott Bush

PRESCOTT BUSH is the patriarch of the modern Bush family. Born in 1895, he attended Yale, served as an artillery captain in World War I, and later joined a Wall Street firm. In 1952 he became a U.S senator from Connecticut; in the Senate he was known as a moderate Republican and a staunch supporter of president Dwight D. Eisenhower. He is the father of the 41st U.S. president, George Bush.