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Served in US Congress from 1947-1951. Was 79th Governor of Connecticut. Was US ambassador to Spain, Argentina and Switzerland. Was member of US delegation to the UN under President Ronald Reagan.

Handsome, gallant American leading man usually in stiff 30s opulent settings who appeared opposite everyone from Marlene Dietrich to Shirley Temple. Traveled to Europe in late 1930s where he made several pictures, and became a bigger star there than was in the US.

Buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

He turned to politics in post-war years.

Great-great-great-grandson of George Cabot; grandson of Henry Cabot Lodge; nephew of August Peabody Gardner; brother of Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. Jr.

The official name of the Connecticut Turnpike (I-95) is the Governor John Davis Lodge Turnpike.

Met his wife at Harvard, where he was studying law.

Daughter Beatrice Lodge married Spanish Ambasador to the US (1996-2000) Antonio de Oyarzabal Marchesi, who is himself a cousin to producer Javier Ozores.

Former actor turned politician.

Daughter Lily Lodge born 1930. Daughter Beatrice born 1938.

Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume One, 1981-1985, pages 504-506. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998.