Christian Herter
| Christian Herter | |
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| 1st United States Trade Representative | |
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In office December 10, 1962 – December 30, 1966 |
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| President |
John F. Kennedy Lyndon Johnson |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | William Roth |
| 53rd United States Secretary of State | |
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In office April 22, 1959 – January 20, 1961 |
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| President | Dwight Eisenhower |
| Preceded by | John Dulles |
| Succeeded by | Dean Rusk |
| United States Under Secretary of State | |
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In office February 21, 1957 – April 22, 1959 |
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| President | Dwight Eisenhower |
| Preceded by | Herbert Hoover Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Douglas Dillon |
| 59th Governor of Massachusetts | |
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In office January 8, 1953 – January 3, 1957 |
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| Lieutenant | Sumner Whittier |
| Preceded by | Paul Dever |
| Succeeded by | Foster Furcolo |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 10th district |
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In office January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1953 |
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| Preceded by | George Tinkham |
| Succeeded by | Laurence Curtis |
| Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
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In office 1939–1943 |
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| Preceded by | Horace Cahill |
| Succeeded by | Rudolph King |
| Personal details | |
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Christian Archibald Herter March 28, 1895 Paris, France |
| Died |
December 30, 1966 (aged 71) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Resting place | Prospect Hill Cemetery |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Pratt (m. 1917; his death 1966) |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) |
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Christian Archibald Herter (March 28, 1895 – December 30, 1966) was an American politician and statesman; 59th Governor of Massachusetts from 1953 to 1957, and United States Secretary of State from 1959 to 1961.
Herter was born in Paris, France, to American artist and expatriate parents, Albert Herter and Adele McGinnis, and attended the École Alsacienne there (1901–1904) before moving to New York City, where he attended the Browning School (1904–1911). He graduated from Harvard University in 1915 and did graduate work in architecture and interior design before joining the diplomatic corps in the following year.
Herter married the wealthy heiress Mary Caroline Pratt (1895–1980) in 1917. She was the daughter of Frederic B. Pratt, longtime head of the Pratt Institute and granddaughter of Standard Oil magnate Charles Pratt. They had three sons and one daughter, including Christian A. Herter, Jr., who was active in international relations.
He was made attaché to the Embassy of the United States, Berlin, and he was briefly arrested while in Mainz as a possible spy. He was part of the US delegation to the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, where he helped draft the Covenant of the League of Nations. Later, he was the assistant to Herbert Hoover when he was instrumental in providing starvation relief to postwar Europe. Herter went on to work for Hoover when Hoover became Secretary of Commerce in the Harding Administration. Herter also participated in the 1919 meeting that resulted in the U.S. Council on Foreign Relations.
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