Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
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| Personal Representative of the President to the Holy See | |
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In office June 5, 1970 – July 6, 1977 |
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| President |
Richard Nixon Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | Harold Tittmann (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | David Walters |
| U.S. Ambassador to West Germany | |
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In office May 27, 1968 – January 14, 1969 |
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| President | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Preceded by | George C. McGhee |
| Succeeded by | Kenneth Rush |
| U.S. Ambassador to South Vietnam | |
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In office August 25, 1965 – April 25, 1967 |
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| President | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Preceded by | Maxwell D. Taylor |
| Succeeded by | Ellsworth Bunker |
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In office August 26, 1963 – June 28, 1964 |
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| President |
John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Preceded by | Frederick Nolting |
| Succeeded by | Maxwell D. Taylor |
| 3rd U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations | |
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In office January 26, 1953 – September 3, 1960 |
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| President | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Preceded by | Warren Austin |
| Succeeded by | Jerry Wadsworth |
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United States Senator from Massachusetts |
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In office January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1953 |
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| Preceded by | David I. Walsh |
| Succeeded by | John F. Kennedy |
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In office January 3, 1937 – February 3, 1944 |
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| Preceded by | Marcus A. Coolidge |
| Succeeded by | Sinclair Weeks |
| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 15th Essex district |
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In office 1932–1936 |
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| Preceded by | Herbert Wilson Porter |
| Succeeded by | Russell P. Brown |
| Personal details | |
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July 5, 1902 Nahant, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | February 27, 1985 (aged 82) Beverly, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Emily Sears (1926–1985) |
| Children | 2 (including George) |
| Parents | George Cabot Lodge |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) |
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| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Army
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| Rank |
 Lieutenant Colonel
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| Battles/wars | World War II |
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (July 5, 1902 – February 27, 1985) sometimes referred to as Henry Cabot Lodge II, was a Republican United States Senator from Massachusetts and a U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, South Vietnam, West Germany, and the Holy See (as Presidential Representative). He was the Republican nominee for Vice President in the 1960 presidential election.
Lodge was born in Nahant, Massachusetts. His father was George Cabot Lodge, a poet, through whom he was a grandson of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, great-great-grandson of Senator Elijah H. Mills, and great-great-great-grandson of Senator George Cabot. Through his mother, Mathilda Elizabeth Frelinghuysen (Davis), he was a great-grandson of Senator Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen, and a great-great-grandson of Senator John Davis. He had two siblings: John Davis Lodge (1903–1985), also a politician, and Helena Lodge de Streel (b. 1905).
Lodge attended St. Albans School and graduated from Middlesex School. In 1924, he graduated cum laude from Harvard University, where he was a member of the Hasty Pudding and the Fox Club.
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