Ralph Flanders

Politician

Birthday September 28, 1880

Birth Sign Libra

Birthplace Barnet, VT

DEATH DATE Feb 19, 1970 (89)

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About

Engineer, inventor, and US Senator from Vermont from 1946 to 1959. He was notably one of the first members of Congress to stand up against Joseph McCarthy.

Before Fame

He created more efficient machinery for cutting gears and creating screws, earning him several medals and honors from the U.S. and Britain.

Trivia

In the senate he staked out a middle ground between liberals and conservatives, and argued that rather than look for Communists within, the U.S. should be pushing it back abroad.

Family Life

He was born in Caledonia County, Vermont, the oldest of nine children of a farming family.

Associated With

He introduced the bill to censure Joseph McCarthy, his defense of his beliefs making him a model for future generations of Vermont politicians.