George C. Lodge

George Cabot Lodge II (born July 7, 1927) is an American professor and former politician. In 1962, he was the Republican nominee for a special election to succeed John F. Kennedy in the United States Senate, but was defeated by Ted Kennedy. He was the son of Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., who lost reelection to the Senate in 1952 to John F. Kennedy. His father was also the vice presidential nominee for the Republican party in 1960, an election won yet again by Kennedy. Early life Lodge was born on July 7, 1927. His father was Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., a United States Senator from Massachusetts, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and South Vietnam, and the Republican nominee for Vice President in 1960. After finishing high school at Groton School, Lodge served in the U.S. Navy from 1945–1946, and then entered Harvard College, graduating cum laude in 1950. While at Harvard, he was a member of the Krokodiloes. Career Lodge was a political reporter and columnist at the Boston Herald prior to entering federal civil service. In 1954, Lodge became Director of Information at the U.S. Department of Labor. In 1958, he was appointed Assistant Secretary of Labor for International Affairs by Dwight D. Eisenhower, and was re-appointed by John F. Kennedy in 1961. He was the United States Delegate to the International Labour Organization, and was elected chairman of the organization's Governing Body in 1960.