"Senator Vandenberg" redirects here. For the Michigan State Senate member, see William C. Vandenberg.
Arthur Vandenberg
Vandenberg, c. 1905–1945
President pro tempore of the United States Senate
In office January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949
Preceded by
Kenneth McKellar
Succeeded by
Kenneth McKellar
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
In office January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949
Preceded by
Tom Connally
Succeeded by
Tom Connally
Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference
In office January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947
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
United States Senator from Michigan
In office March 31, 1928 – April 18, 1951
Preceded by
Woodbridge N. Ferris
Succeeded by
Blair Moody
Personal details
Born
Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg
(1884-03-22)March 22, 1884 Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.
Died
April 18, 1951(1951-04-18) (aged 67) Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.
Resting place
Oak Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Political party
Republican
Spouses
Elizabeth Watson
(m. 1906; died 1917)
Hazel Harper Whitaker
(m. 1918; died 1950)
Children
3, including Arthur Jr.
Alma mater
University of Michigan Law School (attended)
Profession
Politician
Newspaper editor and publisher
Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg Sr. (March 22, 1884 – April 18, 1951) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from Michigan from 1928 to 1951. A member of the Republican Party, he 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. He served as president pro tempore of the United States Senate from 1947 to 1949.
Born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in a family of Dutch Americans, Vandenberg began his career as a newspaper editor and publisher. In 1928, Republican Governor Fred W. Green appointed Vandenberg to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy that arose after the death of Woodbridge N. Ferris. Vandenberg won election to a full term later that year and remained in the Senate until his death in 1951. He supported the early New Deal programs but came to oppose most of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's domestic policies. During the late 1930s, Vandenberg also opposed the United States' becoming involved in World War II and urged Roosevelt to reach an accommodation with Japan.
Vandenberg abandoned his isolationism after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He became chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 1947 and supported Democratic President Harry Truman's Cold War policies, asserting that "politics stops at the water's edge." Vandenberg also served as the chairman of the Republican Senate Conference from 1945 to 1947 and as the president pro tempore of the Senate from 1947 to 1949. He unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for president in 1940 and 1948.
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