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born July 5, 1902, Nahant, Mass., U.S.
died Feb. 27, 1985, Beverly, Mass.
U.S. politician and diplomat.
The grandson of Sen. Richard Nixon . During the 1960s he served as U.S. ambassador to South Vietnam and as ambassador to West Germany. In 1969 he was the chief U.S. negotiator at the Paris peace talks with North Vietnam. He later served as special envoy to the Vatican.
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born May 12, 1850, Boston, Mass., U.S.
died Nov. 9, 1924, Cambridge, Mass.
U.S. politician.
He was the recipient of the first Ph.D. in political science awarded by Harvard University. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1887 to 1893 and in the Senate from 1893 to 1924. He supported U.S. entry into World War I but opposed participation in the League of Nations ; as chairman of the Senate's foreign relations committee he delayed action on the adoption of the Treaty of Versailles with its covenant establishing the League. He proposed amendments (the Lodge reservations) that would require Senate approval before the U.S. would accept certain League decisions. Pres. {{link=Wilson, Thomas Woodrow">Woodrow Wilson refused to accept the amendments, and the Senate rejected the treaty.