What is Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.?
[[File:Henry Cabot Lodge II.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Lodge, Jr. in c. 1940]] '''Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.''' (July 5, 1902 – February 27, 1985) was an [[Americans|American]] politician. He was a member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. He served as an ambassador of the United States to [[West Germany]], [[South Vietnam]], and to the [[United States|United Nations]]. In 1960, he was [[Richard Nixon]]'s [[running mate]] in the 1960 presidential election. They lost to [[John F. Kennedy]]. He ran for [[President of the United States]] in 1964, but lost the nomination to [[Barry Goldwater]]. Lodge was born in [[Nahant, Massachusetts]], USA. His father was [[George Cabot Lodge]], a poet. He was the grandson of Senator [[Henry Cabot Lodge]], great-great grandson of Senator [[Elijah H. Mills]], and great-great-great-grandson of Senator [[George Cabot]]. His mother was Mathilda Elizabeth Frelinghuysen Davis, the great granddaughter of Senator [[John Davis (Massachusetts governor)|John Davis]]. He had two siblings: [[John Davis Lodge]] (1903–1985), also a politician, and Helena Lodge de Streel (b. 1905).<ref name=JohnDavisLodge>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000395|title=LODGE, John Davis, (1903–1985)|publisher=[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]|access-date=July 29, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Photographs II|url=http://www.masshist.org/findingaids/doc.cfm?fa=fap039|work=The Massachusetts Historical Society|publisher=MHS|access-date=24 December 2011|archive-date=26 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126205231/http://www.masshist.org/findingaids/doc.cfm?fa=fap039|url-status=dead}}</ref> Lodge attended [[St. Albans School (Washington, D.C.)|St. Albans School]] and graduated from [[Middlesex School]]. In 1924, he graduated ''cum laude'' from [[Harvard University]].<ref name=hcl>{{cite news| last =Gale| first =Mary Ellen| title =Lodge at Harvard: Loyal Conservation 'Who Knew Just What He