Alvin Ray Bush was a Republican

Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

 member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

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Biography

Alvin Bush was born on a farm in Boggs Township

Boggs Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania

Boggs Township is a township in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,837 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water.-Demographics:As of the census of...

, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania

Clearfield County, Pennsylvania

Clearfield County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of 2010, the population was 81,642.Clearfield County was created on March 26, 1804, from parts of Huntingdon and Lycoming Counties but was administered as part of Centre County until 1812...

. 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

World War I

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, 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

Philipsburg, Pennsylvania

There are three places named Philipsburg in the state of Pennsylvania:*Philipsburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania*Philipsburg, Fayette County, Pennsylvania*Philipsburg, Washington County, PennsylvaniaAlso, Phillipsburg in the state of 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, Pennsylvania

-Appalachian Mountains and Allegheny Plateau:Lycoming County is divided between the Appalachian Mountains in the south, the dissected Allegheny Plateau in the north and east, and the valley of the West Branch Susquehanna River between these.-West Branch Susquehanna River:The West Branch of the...

, and served as director of Lowry Electric Co. and Muncy Valley Hospital.

Bush was elected as a Republican to the 82nd United States Congress

82nd United States Congress

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 and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1951, until his death in Williamsport, Pennsylvania

Williamsport, Pennsylvania

Williamsport is a city in and the county seat of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania in the United States. In 2009, the population was estimated at 29,304...

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Namesake

The Alvin R. Bush Dam on Kettle Creek

Kettle Creek

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, north of Renovo, Pennsylvania

Renovo, Pennsylvania

Renovo is a borough in Clinton County, Pennsylvania, northwest of Lock Haven. Deposits of bituminous coal and fire clay are in the region. In 1900, 4,082 people lived there, and in 1910, 4,621 lived there...

, is named in his honor.