"Flanders, Ralph E.; Flanders, Ralph"@en . "1959-01-03Z"^^ . . . . . "1880Z"^^ . "1946-11-01Z"^^ . . . "Flanders, Ralph Edward"@en . "Ralph Edward Flanders (September 28, 1880 \u2013 February 19, 1970) was an American mechanical engineer, industrialist and Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Vermont. He grew up on subsistence farms in Vermont and Rhode Island, became an apprentice first as a machinist, then as a draftsman, before training as a mechanical engineer. He spent five years in New York City as an editor for a machine tool magazine."@en . . "Mechanical engineer, industrialist, U.S. Senator from Vermont" . "1880-09-28Z"^^ . . . "1970Z"^^ . "Ralph Edward Flanders"@en . "1970-02-19Z"^^ . . . . .