Henry C. Lodge
| Henry Cabot Lodge | |
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| Senate Majority Leader | |
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In office March 4, 1920 – November 9, 1924 |
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| Deputy | Charles Curtis |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Charles Curtis |
| Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee | |
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In office March 4, 1919 – November 9, 1924 |
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| Preceded by | Gilbert Hitchcock |
| Succeeded by | William Borah |
| President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate | |
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In office May 25, 1912 – May 30, 1912 |
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| President | William Howard Taft |
| Preceded by | Augustus Octavius Bacon |
| Succeeded by | Augustus Octavius Bacon |
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United States Senator from Massachusetts |
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In office March 4, 1893 – November 9, 1924 |
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| Preceded by | Henry L. Dawes |
| Succeeded by | William M. Butler |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 6th district |
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In office March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1893 |
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| Preceded by | Henry B. Lovering |
| Succeeded by | William Cogswell |
| Chair of the Massachusetts Republican Party | |
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In office 1883–1884 |
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| Preceded by | Charles A. Stott |
| Succeeded by | Edward Avery |
| Personal details | |
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May 12, 1850 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | November 9, 1924 (aged 74) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Nannie Mills Davis (1871–1924) |
| Relations | George Cabot (maternal great-grandfather) |
| Children | 3 (including George) |
| Parents | John Ellerton Lodge Anna Cabot |
| Education | Harvard University (BA, LLB, MA, PhD) |
Henry Cabot Lodge (May 12, 1850 – November 9, 1924) was an American Republican Congressman and historian from Massachusetts. A member of the prominent Lodge family, he received his PhD in history from Harvard University. He is best known for his positions on foreign policy, especially his battle with President Woodrow Wilson in 1919 over the Treaty of Versailles. The failure of that treaty ensured that the United States never joined the League of Nations.
Born in Beverly, Massachusetts, Lodge won election to the Massachusetts House of Representatives after graduating from Harvard. He and his close friend, Theodore Roosevelt, opposed James G. Blaine's nomination at the 1884 Republican National Convention, but supported Blaine in the general election against Grover Cleveland. Lodge was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1886 before joining the United States Senate in 1893.
In the Senate, he sponsored the unsuccessful Lodge Bill, which sought to protect the voting rights of African Americans. He supported the Spanish–American War and called for the annexation of the Philippines after the war. He also supported immigration restrictions, becoming a member of the Immigration Restriction League and influencing the Immigration Act of 1917. Lodge served as Chairman of the 1900 and 1908 Republican National Conventions. A member of the conservative wing of the Republican Party, Lodge opposed Roosevelt's third party bid for president in 1912, but the two remained close friends.
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