Lodge

Lodge, name of 2 U.S. statesmen from Massachusetts. Henry Cabot Lodge (1850–1924), U.S. senator, 1893–1924, was a conservative Republican known for his support of the Spanish-American War and opposition to U.S. membership in the League of Nations. He was also a prominent historian. His grandson, the diplomat Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (1902–85), was a Republican U.S. senator, 1937–44 and 1947–52. He lost his seat to John F. Kennedy. He served as U.S. ambassador to the UN (1953–60), ambassador to South Vietnam (1963–64 and 1965–67), and ambassador to West Germany (1968–69). He was also chief U.S. negotiator at the Vietnam peace talks in Paris (1969).