Lodge, Henry Cabot

Henry Cabot Lodge (1850-1924, age 74). Senator from Massachusetts and heir to a shipping fortune, was a son of two wealthy Boston families – the Cabots and the Lodges.

He was a blue-blooded Republican, conservative, not fond of immigrants, and determined to protect the sovereignty of the United States by defeating the League of Nations.

After graduating from Harvard in 1876 with the first Ph.D. in political science ever awarded by that institution, Lodge married a cousin, Anna Cabot Mills Davis, and was admitted to the bar. Rather than practice law, Lodge worked with his mentor Henry Adams in editing the North American Review, then joined the Harvard faculty.

Lodge entered Republican politics on the state level, and for a decade held various offices, including a seat in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

After two unsuccessful Congressional bids, Lodge won election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1887, then made a successful run for the U.S. Senate in 1893 – occupying a post he would hold for 32 years.He died of a stroke.