Alvin Bush

Alvin Ray Bush (June 4, 1893 – November 5, 1959) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 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.

Bush purchased a bus line serving Philipsburg and neighboring communities, and later becoming president and general manager of the Williamsport Transportation Co.[1] He operated a dairy farm in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, and served as director of Lowry Electric Co. and Muncy Valley Hospital.

[2] The Alvin R. Bush Dam on Kettle Creek, north of Renovo, Pennsylvania, is named in his honor.