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A Chemist In The Senate: Edwin Fremont Ladd, 1921-1925, Alfred C. Melby
A Chemist In The Senate: Edwin Fremont Ladd, 1921-1925, Alfred C. Melby
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Edwin Fremont Ladd, a native of :Maine, migrated to North Dakota in 1890 to join the chemistry faculty of the Agricultural College. In the following three decades, his work in the pure-food crusade and in the fight for fair grain grading and reasonable rail rates earned him a reputation for personal courage and devotion to agriculture. His reputation led the Nonpartisan League to endorse him for the United States Senate in 1920. Following his victory over Senator Asle J. Gronna in the Republican primary, Ladd defeated his Democratic opponent in the general election.
From his entry into the Senate in …