Flanders, Ralph E. (Ralph Edward), 1880-1970 (Personal Name)

NUCMC data from Swarthmore College Peace Collection for Stewart, A. Papers, 1945-1974 (Ralph E. Flanders; correspondent)

LC man. auth. cd. (hdg.: Flanders, Ralph Edward, 1880- )

Members of Congress (Flanders, Ralph Edward; R-Vt.; Sept. 28, 1880-Feb. 19, 1970; Senate Nov. 1, 1946-1959)

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, via WWW, August 14, 2013 (Flanders, Ralph Edward (1880-1970); a Senator from Vermont; born in Barnet, Caledonia County, Vt., September 28, 1880; moved with his parents to Pawtucket, R.I., in 1886; attended the public schools at Pawtucket, Lincoln, and Central Falls, R.I.; engaged as a machinist apprentice at Providence, R.I., in 1897 and remained in the machine tool industry until his death; moved to Springfield, Vt., in 1910; president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, 1944-1946; appointed on November 1, 1946, as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy in the term ending January 3, 1947, caused by the resignation of Warren R. Austin; elected in 1946 and again in 1952 and served from November 1, 1946, to January 3, 1959; was not a candidate for renomination in 1958; inventor of important developments in the machine tool industry; author of several books and articles on technical and sociological subjects; died in Springfield, Vt., February 19, 1970)