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