Leverett Saltonstall
| Leverett Saltonstall | |
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| Republican Senate Conference Chairmen | |
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In office January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1967 |
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| Leader |
Kenneth S. Wherry Styles Bridges Robert A. Taft William F. Knowland |
| Vice Chair | Milton Young |
| Preceded by | Eugene Millikin |
| Succeeded by | Margaret Chase Smith |
| Senate Majority Whip | |
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In office January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 |
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| Leader | William F. Knowland |
| Preceded by | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Succeeded by | Earle C. Clements |
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United States Senator from Massachusetts |
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In office January 4, 1945 – January 3, 1967 |
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| Preceded by | Sinclair Weeks |
| Succeeded by | Edward Brooke |
| 55th Governor of Massachusetts | |
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In office January 5, 1939 – January 3, 1945 |
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| Lieutenant | Horace T. Cahill |
| Preceded by | Charles F. Hurley |
| Succeeded by | Maurice J. Tobin |
| Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
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In office January 1929 – January 1937 |
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| Preceded by | John C. Hull |
| Succeeded by | Horace T. Cahill |
| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
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In office January 1922 – January 1937 |
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| Personal details | |
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September 1, 1892 Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts |
| Died | June 17, 1979 (aged 86) Dover, Massachusetts |
| Resting place | Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem, Massachusetts |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Alice Wesselhoeft Saltonstall |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Religion | Unitarian |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1917−1919 |
| Rank | First Lieutenant |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
Leverett A. Saltonstall (September 1, 1892 – June 17, 1979) was an American Republican politician who served as the 55th Governor of Massachusetts (1939–1945) and as a United States Senator (1945–1967).
Saltonstall was born in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, and was a longtime summer resident of Vinalhaven, Maine. As an adult he spent winters on his family estate in Dover, Massachusetts, where he liked to farm. His father was Richard Middlecott Saltonstall, a lawyer; his mother, Eleanor Brooks Saltonstall, was the daughter of Peter C. Brooks, a multimillionaire. He married Alice Wesselhoeft (1893–1981) in 1916, and together they had six children, including Emily (1920–2006), at one time the daughter-in-law of Richard Byrd and a former WAVE; Peter Brooks Saltonstall, killed in action on Guam on August 13, 1944; William L. Saltonstall (1927–2009), a former member of the Massachusetts Senate; and Susan (1930–1994), a horse breeder.
Part of the Boston Brahmin Saltonstall family, he was able to trace his ancestral roots to the Mayflower, the Pilgrims and the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Saltonstall was the tenth generation in direct descent to graduate from Harvard and the great-grandson of a U.S. Congressman of the same name.
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