Background
Rush, John Andrew was born on March 9, 1865 in Richland County, Illinois, United States. Son of Jacob and Eliza Ann (Stout) Rush.
Rush, John Andrew was born on March 9, 1865 in Richland County, Illinois, United States. Son of Jacob and Eliza Ann (Stout) Rush.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Kansas, 1890, A.M., 1893, Bachelor of Laws, 1893.
Teacher country school, Kansas, 1885-1886. President Kansas State Oratorical Association, 1889. City editor Lawrence (Kansas) Journal, and reporter Kansas Missouri Journal, 1890-1891.
Editor of the University Courier, 1892-1893. Admitted to bar, Kansas and Colorado, 1893. Began practice at Denver.
County chairman National Silver Party, 1896. Secretary judiciary committee Colorado House of Representatives, 1897. Member Denver Charter Convention, 1898.
Member Colorado State Senate, 1901-1904 (chairman judiciary committee). Author Article XX, Colorado Constitution, creating City and County of Denver, with one set of officials and with absolute “home rule”. County attorney Arapahoe County, Colorado, 1902-1903.
Member and v p. Denver Charter Conference, 1903. Organizer Municipal Ownership League and Citizens Party (carried municipal election 1912). District attorney, Denver, 1913-1916.
Moved to Los Angeles, 1921. President Bond & Securities Company. Member and v. chairman Citizens Committee on Governmental Reorganization, appointed by mayor of Los Angeles, 1935.
Member State Bar of California, Phi Kappa Psi. Club: Los Angeles Country.
Married Elsie E. Dodd, February 12, 1895. Children: John Louis, Robert.