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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | Christian A. Herter |
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Boston, Massachusetts , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
March 28, 1895 |
| Died |
December 30, 1966
(71 years) |
| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
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| Info | Born in Paris, France on March 28, 1895;
Graduated from Harvard University in 1915;
Served as attach� to U.S. Embassy in Berlin 1916-1917 and for two months in charge of U.S. legation in Brussels;
Married Mary Caroline Pratt in 1917;
Served in the Department of State from 1917-1919;
Secretary, U.S. Commission to Negotiate Peace, Paris, 1918-1919;
Personal assistant to Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover, 1919-1924;
Executive secretary of the European Relief Council, 1920-1921;
Newspaper editor and associate editor 1924-1936;
Lecturer, Harvard University 1929-1930;
Served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives 1931-1943 and as Speaker of that body from 1939-1943;
Representative to the U.S. Congress 1943-1953 and head of a House select committee that helped pave the way for the Marshall Plan;
Governor of Massachusetts from 1953 to 1957;
Served as Under Secretary of State 1957-1959
Secretary of State in President Eisenhower's Cabinet from April 22, 1959 until January 20, 1961;
Served as a trade negotiator in the administrations of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson;
Died in Washington, DC on December 30, 1966.
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