HENRY CABOT LODGE, JR.

HENRY CABOT LODGE, JR.

Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr. (1902-1985) — of Beverly, Essex County, Mass. Born in Nahant, Essex County, Mass., July 5, 1902. Great-great-great-grandson of George Cabot; grandson of Henry Cabot Lodge; nephew of Augustus Peabody Gardner; son of George Cabot Lodge and Mathilda Elizabeth Frelinghuysen (Davis) Lodge; married, July 1, 1926, to Emily Sears; brother of John Davis Lodge. Republican. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1933-36; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1937-44, 1947-53; resigned 1944; defeated, 1952; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1940, 1948, 1956, 1960; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1953-60; candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1960; U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam, 1963-64, 1965-67; , 1967-68; Germany, 1968-69; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1964. Died in Beverly, Essex County, Mass., February 27, 1985. Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.

Sources:
United States Federal Census
Massachusetts Vital Records
The Political Graveyard

Submitted by Deborah Crowell