Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.

Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
Official portrait, 1960
Personal Representative of the President to the Holy See
In office June 5, 1970 – July 6, 1977
President	Richard Nixon Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter
Preceded by	Harold H. Tittmann Jr. (acting)
Succeeded by	David Walters
United States Ambassador to West Germany
In office May 27, 1968 – January 14, 1969
President	Lyndon B. Johnson
Preceded by	George C. McGhee
Succeeded by	Kenneth Rush
United States Ambassador to South Vietnam
In office August 25, 1965 – April 25, 1967
President	Lyndon B. Johnson
Preceded by	Maxwell D. Taylor
Succeeded by	Ellsworth Bunker
In office August 26, 1963 – June 28, 1964
President	John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson
Preceded by	Frederick Nolting
Succeeded by	Maxwell D. Taylor
3rd United States Ambassador to the United Nations
In office January 26, 1953 – September 3, 1960
President	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded by	Warren Austin
Succeeded by	Jerry Wadsworth
United States Senator from Massachusetts
In office January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1953
Preceded by	David I. Walsh
Succeeded by	John F. Kennedy
In office January 3, 1937 – February 3, 1944
Preceded by	Marcus A. Coolidge
Succeeded by	Sinclair Weeks
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 15th Essex district
In office 1932–1936
Preceded by	Herbert Wilson Porter
Succeeded by	Russell P. Brown
Personal details
Born	(1902-07-05)July 5, 1902 Nahant, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	February 27, 1985(1985-02-27) (aged 82) Beverly, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Emily Sears ​ (m. 1926)​
Children	2, including George
Parent(s)	George Cabot Lodge Mathilda Frelinghuysen Davis
Relatives	Lodge family
Education	Harvard University (BA)
Military service
Branch/service	United States Army
Rank	Lieutenant colonel
Battles/wars	World War II Battle of Gazala

Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (July 5, 1902 – February 27, 1985) was an American diplomat and politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate and served as United States Ambassador to the United Nations in the administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. In 1960, he was the Republican nominee for Vice President on a ticket with Richard Nixon, who had served two terms as Eisenhower's vice president. The Republican ticket narrowly lost to Democrats John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson; Lodge later served as a diplomat in the administrations of Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Gerald Ford and was a presidential contender in 1964.

Born in Nahant, Massachusetts, Lodge was the grandson of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and the great-grandson of Secretary of State Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen. After graduating from Harvard University, Lodge won election to the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He defeated Democratic governor James Michael Curley in 1936 to represent Massachusetts in the United States Senate. He resigned from the Senate in 1944 to serve in Italy and France during World War II. Lodge remained in the Army Reserve after the war and eventually rose to the rank of major general. In 1946, Lodge defeated incumbent Democratic Senator David I. Walsh to return to the Senate.

He led the Draft Eisenhower movement before the 1952 election and managed Eisenhower's successful campaign for the Republican presidential nomination at the 1952 Republican National Convention. Eisenhower defeated Democratic nominee Adlai Stevenson II in the general election, but Lodge lost his own re-election campaign to then-Congressman Kennedy. Lodge was named as ambassador to the United Nations in 1953 and became a member of Eisenhower's Cabinet. Vice President Nixon chose Lodge as his running mate in the 1960 presidential election, but the Republican ticket lost the close election.

In 1963, the now-President Kennedy appointed Lodge to the position of Ambassador to South Vietnam, where Lodge supported the 1963 South Vietnamese coup. In 1964, Lodge won by a plurality a number of that year's party presidential primaries and caucuses on the strength of his name, reputation, and respect among many voters, though the nomination went to Barry Goldwater. This effort was encouraged and directed by low-budget but high-impact grassroots campaign by academic and political amateurs. He continued to represent the United States in various countries under Presidents Johnson, Nixon, and Ford. Lodge led the U.S. delegation that signed the Paris Peace Accords with North Vietnam, leading to the end of the Vietnam War. He died in Beverly, Massachusetts, in 1985.