Christian A. Herter, Jr.
| Christian A. Herter, Jr. | |
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| Member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council for the 3rd District | |
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In office 1957–1959 |
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| Preceded by | Endicott Peabody |
| Succeeded by | Edward J. Cronin |
| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the 4th Middlesex District | |
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In office 1951–1953 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 29, 1919 Brooklyn |
| Died | September 16, 2007 (aged 88) Washington D.C. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater |
Harvard College Harvard Law School |
Christian Archibald Herter, Jr. (January 29, 1919 – September 16, 2007) was an American politician, diplomat, oil executive and academic and the son of U.S. Secretary of State Christian A. Herter Sr.
Christian Archibald Herter Jr. was born in Brooklyn, New York on January 29, 1919, and raised in Boston. His father, Christian A. Herter Sr., was elected to the United States House of Representatives as a Republican from Massachusetts in 1942, and in 1953 was elected Governor of Massachusetts. In 1959, the elder Mr. Herter became the United States Secretary of State under President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Herter's mother, the former Mary Caroline Pratt, was a granddaughter of Charles Pratt, a partner in Standard Oil of New Jersey and the founder of the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York.
He received his bachelor’s from Harvard University. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1948 and eventually joined the Boston law firm of Bingham, Dana & Gould, where he became an authority on helping U.S. companies trying to expand into the international market.
Herter joined the U.S. Army in 1941, before the Pearl Harbor attack. In World War II, Herter was an officer in Europe, serving as an intelligence officer with the 14th Armored Division and was wounded by artillery shrapnel. He was awarded the Purple Heart and a Bronze Star, among other commendations.
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