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  Lodge, John Davis
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AffiliationRepublican  
 
NameJohn Davis Lodge
Address
Westport, Connecticut , United States
EmailNone
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Born October 20, 1903
DiedOctober 29, 1985 (82 years)
ContributorNot in Public Domain
Last ModifedJuan Croniqueur
Mar 17, 2024 01:10am
Tags Military Reserve - Navy -
Info(grandson of Henry Cabot Lodge, brother of Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., and nephew of Augustus P. Gardner), a Representative from Connecticut; born in Washington, D.C., October 20, 1903; attended the Evans School, Mesa, Ariz., the Middlesex School, Concord, Mass., and Ecole de Droit, Paris, France; was graduated from Harvard University in 1925 and from the Harvard Law School in 1929; was admitted to the New York bar in 1932 and commenced practice in New York City; affiliated with the motion-picture industry and the theater 1933-1942; served with the United States Navy as a lieutenant and lieutenant commander August 1942 to January 1946 and was a liason officer between the French and American fleets; was decorated with the rank of Chevalier in the French Legion of Honor and with the Croix de Guerre with palm by General de Gaulle; engaged in research work in economics; elected as a Republican to the Eightieth and Eighty-first Congresses (January 3, 1947-January 3, 1951); was not a candidate for renomination in 1950; Governor of Connecticut from January 1951 to January 1955; unsuccessful for reelection as Governor in 1954; United States Ambassador to Spain from January 1955 until January 1961; National president, Junior Achievement, Inc., 1963-1964; chairman, Committee Foreign Policy Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania, 1964-1969; delegate and assistant floor leader, Connecticut Constitutional Convention, in 1965; United States Ambassador to Argentina, 1969 to 1974; Ambassador to Switzerland, 1983; was a resident of Westport, Conn. until his death in New York City, October 29, 1985; intermant in Arlington National Cemetery.


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FAMILY
Father George "Bay" Cabot Lodge 1873-1909
Grandfather Henry Cabot Lodge 1850-1924
Brother Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. 1902-1985
Nephew George Cabot Lodge 1927-
Mother Mathilda Davis Lodge 1876-1960
Grandfather John Davis 1851-1902
Great-Grandfather Bruyn Hasbrouck Davis 1827-1870
Grandmother Sarah Frelinghuysen Davis 1856-1939
Great-Grandfather Frederick T. Frelinghuysen 1817-1885
Grand Uncle George Griswold Frelinghuysen 1851-1936
1st Cousin Once Removed Peter H.B. Frelinghuysen 1882-1959
2nd Cousin Peter H.B. Frelinghuysen, II 1916-2011

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RACES
  03/18/1983 US Ambassador to Switzerland Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  05/27/1969 US Ambassador to Argentina Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/03/1964 CT US Senate Lost 35.34% (-29.31%)
  01/22/1955 US Ambassador to Spain Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/02/1954 CT Governor Lost 49.16% (-0.33%)
  11/07/1950 CT Governor Won 49.66% (+1.94%)
  11/02/1948 CT District 4 Won 55.15% (+11.76%)
  11/05/1946 CT District 4 Won 57.13% (+21.75%)
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