The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-05-14
LIFE STORY OF HENRY CABOT LODGE.

Henry Cabot Lodge, orator, states
man, historian and member OF the
United States senate, was born on this
day of the year, 1850. His parents were
John Ellerton and Anna Lodge. Young
Lodge completed his preparatory studies
in Dixwell's Latin school, and entered
Harvard college, graduating in 1877.
About month after graduation he
sailed for Europe, spending over a
wear in travel and returning in 1872,
entered the Harvard Law school. In
January 1874 he became assistant edi-
tor of The North American Review of
Reviews and so continued until Novem
graduated from the law school in
Der, 1876, having i'll the meantime
1874 and having been admitted to
practice at the Boston bar in 1875.
In the same year he was appointed
lecturer on the History of the Ameri
can Colonies at Harvard and contin-
ued giving instruction in this branch
and in the History of the United States
for three years.
In association with John 7. Morse,
Jr., he was editor of The International
Review of Boston. He was elected
member for the tenth district to Massa
chusetts house of representatives, serv-
ing with credit on several important
committees. He was chosen a member
of the republican state central COM
mttee in 1880, and was made chair
man of its finance committee, and was
i'll the same year delegate to the
republican national convention in Chi
cago. In 1881 he was republican candi-
date for the state senate, and was de-
deated by but $50 votes out of 5000
cast. He was delegate at large in the
republican national convention in 1884,
and the following autumn was moninat-
ed for congressman on the republican
ticket. His opponent was defeated by
plurality of 300 out of total vote
of $4,000, and being again nominated
in 1886 was elected by a plurality of
1000. He served through the fifteth,
fifty-first and fifty-second congresses;
was elected to the fifty-third, but being
elected to the senate resigned to take
his seat there. In congress he was
member of several important commit
tees. He made several able speeches on
the floor of the house upon tariff,
financial and election laws, and as
chairman of the elections laws commit
tee prepared and presented the "force
bilf' in the ffty-frst congress; mea-
sures for securing an honest vote at
federal elections. Mr.. Lodges career
in the senate has been signalized by
speeches, models of oratory, on al
most all important legislation, and he
has been on many important commit
tees. He has also been active in the
domain of letters and scholarship.
From the period of his editorship
of The North American Review he has
been well known and frequent con-
tributor to periodical literature, prin-
cipally on politicals and historical sub
jects. His first published monograph,
Land Law of the Anglo Saxons," now
included in work of Saxon law, won
him the degree of Phi. d. from Harvard.
Some of his many other notable works
are, "a Short History of the Colonies
of America" 1881; alexander Haml-
ton," 1888; Life. of Washington" 1889.
he has been member of the Ameri-
can Academy of Arts and Sciences
since 1878, and is member of many
historical and antiquarian societies and
has been a regent of the Smithsonian
Institute. He was elected an overseer
OF Harvard University in 1884, and was
awarded the honorary degree of LID.
by Williams College in 1896 He mar
ried, in 1871, Anna Cabot, daughter of
Rear Admiral Charles H. Davis, U. S. N.
OF Boston and has three children.