Diplomat
The Resume
(July 5, 1902-February 27, 1985)
Born in Nahant, Massachusetts
US Senator from Massachusetts (1937-44,1947-53)
US Ambassador to the United Nations (1953-60), South Vietnam (1963-64,1965-67) and West Germany (1968-69)
Special envoy to the Vatican (1970-77)
Running mate of Richard M. Nixon (1960)
Wrote 'As It Was: An Inside View of Politics and Power in the 50s and 60s' (1976)
Why he might be annoying
Henry Lodge Cabot was his grandfather rather than his father, so technically he should be 'Henry Cabot Lodge II,' not 'Jr.'
A biographer wrote that his 'patrician arrogance often rubbed people the wrong way.'
As Dwight David Eisenhower's campaign manager, he concentrated so much on the presidential campaign that John F. Kennedy was able to defeat him for his Senate seat.
Republican insiders complained that he did not campaign aggresively as a Vice-Presidential candidate.
He was an advocate of escalating US military involvement in Vietnam.
He said, 'It is clear to all that the Viet Cong cannot possibly win and we cannot possibly be defeated.' (1966)
Why he might not be annoying
He resigned from the Senate to serve in World War II.
He received the French Legion of Honor and Croix de Guerre after single-handedly capturing a four-man German patrol.
He described himself politicaly as a 'practical progressive.'
Despite not being a declared candidate, he won a write-in victory in the New Hampshire Republican primary (1964).
He recognized victory in Vietnam could not be achieved solely through military means, saying 'If you win the people over, the war is over.'
Time magazine wrote, 'Unlike many others now in political life, Lodge still believes in one old-fashioned virtue: putting his country far above himself.'
Credit: C. Fishel
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Year In Review:
For 2021, as of last week, Out of 12 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 17 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 10 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 13 Votes: 38.46% Annoying
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