Joseph E. Ralph

Joseph E. Ralph (1863–1922) was an official in the United States Department of the Treasury who was Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from 1908 to 1917.

[1] After school, Ralph apprenticed in a steel works machine shop, ultimately becoming an expert mechanic.

[1] By these connections, he became Assistant Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives.

[1] He worked for the United States Customs Service as Deputy Collector at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893.

[1] Ralph joined the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in 1895 as a plate cleaner.