Henry C. Lodge Jr. - US Sen & US Amb to S. Vietnam/1948 TLS re:Military Training

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Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (1902-1985) - Republican United States Senator from Massachusetts in both Senate seats in non-consecutive terms of service and a United States Ambassador. He was considered as a running mate, most significantly in 1952 by Dwight Eisenhower and then largely due to Ike’s advice and encouragement ended up being chosen the Republican nominee for Vice President in the 1960 presidential election alongside incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon. The Republican ticket narrowly lost to Democrats John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. In 1964, Lodge would win by a plurality a number of that years‘ party presidential primaries and caucuses on the strength of his name, reputation, and respect among many voters. This effort was encouraged and directed by low-budget but high-impact grassroots campaign by a quixotic foursome of academic and political amateurs.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 served as Eisenhower's campaign manager, ensuring that his candidate triumphed 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 John F. Kennedy. Lodge was named as Ambassador to the United Nations in 1953 and became a member of Eisenhower’s Cabinet. Vice President Richard M. Nixon chose Lodge as his running mate in the 1960 presidential election, but the Republican ticket lost the election.In 1963, President Kennedy appointed Lodge to the position of Ambassador to South Vietnam, where Lodge supported the 1963 South Vietnamese coup. He continued to represent the United States in various countries under President Lyndon B. Johnson, President Nixon, and President Gerald 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.
8” x 10.5” Typed Letter Signed in fountain pen, on United States Senate letterhead, Committee on Foreign Relations, March 1, 1948, to Mr. Frank Convard, Bordertown Military Institute, Bordertown, New Jersey, re: acknowledging receipt of letter concerning “universal military training” and sending a copy of a speech Lodge made about “furnishing manpower for our armed services.”Comes with transmittal envelope. Transmittal folds, otherwise very fine.
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