Arthur H. Vandenberg
| Arthur H. Vandenberg | |
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| President pro tempore of the United States Senate | |
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In office January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 |
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| Preceded by | Kenneth McKellar |
| Succeeded by | Kenneth McKellar |
| Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations | |
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In office January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 |
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| Preceded by | Tom Connally |
| Succeeded by | Tom Connally |
| Republican Senate Conference Chairmen | |
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In office January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 |
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| Leader | Wallace H. White, Jr. |
| Vice Chair |
Harold Hitz Burton John Chandler Gurney Milton Young |
| Preceded by | Charles L. McNary |
| Succeeded by | Eugene D. Millikin |
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United States Senator from Michigan |
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In office March 31, 1928 – April 18, 1951 |
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| Preceded by | Woodbridge Nathan Ferris |
| Succeeded by | Blair Moody |
| Personal details | |
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Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg March 22, 1884 Grand Rapids, Michigan |
| Died | April 18, 1951 (aged 67) Grand Rapids, Michigan |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Watson (desc.) Hazel Harper Whitaker |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
| Religion | Congregationalist |
Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg (March 22, 1884 – April 18, 1951) was a Republican Senator from the U.S. state of Michigan who participated in the creation of the United Nations. He is best known for leading the Republican Party from a foreign policy of isolationism to one of internationalism, and supporting the Cold War, the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, and NATO.
Vandenberg was born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the son of Alpha (Hendrick) and Aaron Vandenberg, of mostly Dutch heritage. Vandenberg attended public schools there and studied law at the University of Michigan (1900–1901), where he was a member of Delta Upsilon. After a brief stint working in New York at Collier's magazine, he returned home in 1906 to marry his childhood sweetheart, Elizabeth Watson. They had three children. She died in 1917, and in 1918 Vandenberg married Hazel Whitaker. They had no children.
From 1906 to 1928, he worked as a newspaper editor and publisher at the Grand Rapids Herald. It was owned by William Alden Smith, who served as a Republican in the U.S. Senate from 1907 to 1919. Vandenberg as publisher made the paper highly profitable; he was well paid. Vandenberg wrote most of the editorials, calling for more Progressivism in the spirit of his hero Theodore Roosevelt. However he supported President William Howard Taft over Roosevelt in 1912.
He was well known for his biography Alexander Hamilton: The Greatest American.
Vandenberg was a Mason, Shriner, Elk, and Woodman.
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