Hilary A. Bush

Deceased Person

1905 – 1966

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Who was Hilary A. Bush?

Hilary Ashby Bush was a Democratic Party politician who was Jackson County, Missouri prosecutor in the 1940s and 1950s and the 37th Lieutenant Governor from 1961 to 1965.

Bush played an influential role in the merger of the University of Kansas City with the University of Missouri system to form the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

He was born on June 21, 1905 in Excelsior Springs, Missouri.

He graduated from William Jewell College in 1926. and from the University of Kansas City law school in 1932.

He rose to lieutenant colonel in the Army during World War II and was Military Governor of Aomori Prefecture in Japan in 1945.

In 1960 lieutenant governor incumbent Edward V. Long resigned after being appointed to the U.S. Senate left vacant by the death of Thomas C. Hennings, Jr.. Bush became the "establishment" candidate backed by remnants of the Thomas Pendergast political machine for lieutenant governor. In 1964 he was the Democrat establishment candidate for governor but was defeated in the primary by b 59,386 votes by Warren Hearnes who said in his campaign, "At one time all Missouri was controlled from Kansas City by a man named Pendergast. This type of machine politics should never be allowed to rear its ugly head again in Missouri politics."

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Born
Jun 21, 1905
Also known as
  • Hilary Bush
Died
May 11, 1966

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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