Talk:Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.

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[edit] First Splendid American Award (Oct. 1964)

• • MAHS: Splendid American Award Ceremony, October 1964.

Disbound volume. This volume contains photographs of Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. receiving the first Splendid American Award from the Thomas A. Dooley Foundation in Oct. 1964. The photographs depict Lodge at the Foundation's reception and ceremony in his honor, with author William Lederer, singer Peggy Lee, and Bounlieng Chounramany, governor of Sithandone Province in Laos ...
RJBurkhart 23:04, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why is he "Junior" and other questions

Why is he designated "Junior" and not "II" if he was named in honor of his grandfather, not his father? What is his connection to William Lederer other than they were both part of the Cold War, and that Lederer attended the awards dinner where he got the Splendid American Award? I don't see anything else about either article as written about either man. Were they friends, related, etc.? Is it because some critics linked Lodge to an Ugly American character? If so, where are references to this?

I too am curious, as to why he's named 'Jr' & not 'II'. Perhaps an explanation, can be added to this article. GoodDay 18:47, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Isn't he named junior simply because he's the second of that name? Occam's Razor people! Don't make things needlessly complicated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Brian Tjoe-Nij (talk • contribs) 13:54, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] "coincidences"

By an interesting coincidence, in 1916 Henry Cabot Lodge, Sr. had defeated Kennedy's grandfather, John F. Fitzgerald, for the same Senate seat. In yet another coincidence, Lodge's son, George C. Lodge was defeated in his bid for the seat by Kennedy's brother, Ted Kennedy in 1962.

Well, except, it's hardly a coincidence that two of the most powerful political families in Massachusetts contested this seat repeatedly. It is certainly interesting; how can we better present this? --jpgordon^∇∆∇∆ 04:45, 10 April 2008 (UTC)