Lodge, John Davis, 1903-1985

LC control no.	no 89017529
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Lodge, John Davis, 1903-1985 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Lodge, John, 1903-1985
Birth date	19031020
Death date	19851029
Place of birth	Washington (D.C.)
Place of death	New York (N.Y.)
Affiliation	United States. Navy United States. Congress. House Connecticut. Governor University of Pennsylvania. Foreign Policy Research Institute
Profession or occupation	Ambassadors Governors Lawyers Legislators--United States
Found in	Menace [MP] 1934: credits (cast of characters, John Lodge) Perf. arts biog. master index, c1981 (Lodge, John Davis; b. 1903) Ww in Amer., 1984-85 (Lodge, John Davis, ambassador, lawyer, former congressman, governor, actor; b. Washington, Oct 20, 1903); 1985-89 (d. Oct. 29, 1985) Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, via WWW, October 1, 2013 (Lodge, John Davis, (1903 - 1985); 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 liaison 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; interment in Arlington National Cemetery)
Associated language	eng