Prescott Bush

Prescott Bush was an American banker, United States Senator, father of President George H.W. Bush and grandfather to President George W. Bush. Prior to World War II, several of the banks he owned did business with the government of Adolf Hitler in Germany. After the U.S. government passed a law forbidding American companies to do business there, Bush refused to follow it and continued making loans to the Nazi regime. His businesses were eventually seized by U.S. authorities as punishment for his refusal to comply with the law. Bush also served as an artillery and intelligence officer in the United States Army during World War I.