Leverett Saltonstall

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Leverett Saltonstall
Saltonstall in 1934
Chair of the Senate Republican Conference
In office January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1967
Leader	Kenneth S. Wherry Styles Bridges Robert A. Taft William F. Knowland
Deputy	Milton Young
Preceded by	Eugene Millikin
Succeeded by	Margaret Chase Smith
Senate Minority Whip
In office January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957
Leader	William F. Knowland
Preceded by	Earle Clements
Succeeded by	Everett Dirksen
In office January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953
Leader	Kenneth S. Wherry Styles Bridges
Preceded by	Scott W. Lucas
Succeeded by	Earle C. Clements
Senate Majority Whip
In office January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955
Leader	Robert A. Taft William F. Knowland
Preceded by	Lyndon B. Johnson
Succeeded by	Earle C. Clements
United States Senator from Massachusetts
In office January 4, 1945 – January 3, 1967
Preceded by	Sinclair Weeks
Succeeded by	Edward Brooke
Chair of the National Governors Association
In office June 20, 1943 – May 28, 1944
Preceded by	Herbert O'Conor
Succeeded by	Herbert B. Maw
55th Governor of Massachusetts
In office January 5, 1939 – January 4, 1945[1]
Lieutenant	Horace T. Cahill
Preceded by	Charles F. Hurley
Succeeded by	Maurice J. Tobin
Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office January 1929 – January 1937
Preceded by	John Hull
Succeeded by	Horace T. Cahill
Personal details
Born	(1892-09-01)September 1, 1892 Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	June 17, 1979(1979-06-17) (aged 86) Dover, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Alice Wesselhoeft ​ (m. 1916)​
Education	Harvard University (BA, LLB)
Nickname	Salty
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army
Years of service	1917−1919
Rank	First Lieutenant
Unit	301st Field Artillery
Battles/wars	World War I

Leverett A. Saltonstall (September 1, 1892 – June 17, 1979) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts. He served three two-year terms as the 55th Governor of Massachusetts, and for more than twenty years as a United States senator (1945–1967). Saltonstall was internationalist in foreign policy and moderate on domestic policy, serving as a well-liked mediating force in the Republican Party. He was the only member of the Republican Senate leadership to vote for the censure of Joseph McCarthy.