Henry Cabot Lodge was born in Boston, Massachusetts, May 12, 1850.
He prepared for college in Dixwell Latin school, and, entering
Harvard, was graduated in 1876. After his graduation he spent a year
in traveling. Returning to America in 1872, he entered the Harvard
law school. In January, 1874, he became assistant editor of the North
American Review, which position he held until November, 1876. In
1875 he was a lecturer on The History of the American Colonies, in
Harvard. From 1879 to 1882 he was associate editor of the International
Review of Boston. During the same period he was elected member of the
Massachusetts house of representatives. In 1881 he was the Republican
candidate for the state senate, but was defeated. He was nominated
for congress in 1884, but was again defeated. In 1886, however, being
nominated again, he was successful and was re-elected for three
successive congresses, but resigned after his last election on account
of having been made a United States senator, January 17, 1893. In the
senate he has made his mark. Mr. Lodge is an orator of much ability, a
far-sighted political executive, and a writer of considerable merit.
Among his books are: A Short History of the English Colonies, Life of
Washington, Daniel Webster, History of Boston, and he has contributed
to the Encyclopædia Britannica and other works. He is a fluent
lecturer. He is a member of the Massachusetts Historical Society, the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, trustee of the Boston Athenaeum,
a member of the American Antiquarian Society, and a member of the
New England Historic Genealogical Society. In 1874 he was elected an
overseer of Harvard university, and was offered the degree of LL.D.
in 1875. He married, on June 29, 1871, Anna, daughter of Rear Admiral
Charles S. Davis, and has three children by her.