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Leverett Saltonstall

Leverett Saltonstall
Personal data
Date of birthSeptember 1, 1892
Place of birthChestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Date of deathJune 17, 1979(age 86)
Place of deathDover, Massachusetts
Resting placeHarmony Grove Cemetery, Salem, Massachusetts
Political partyRepublican
SpouseAlice Saltonstall
Alma materHarvard University
ReligionUnitarian
Military service
Service/branchUnited States Army
Years of service1917-1919
RankFirst Lieutenant
Battles/warsWorld War I
In officeJanuary 10, 1945 - January 3, 1967
Succeeded byEdward Brooke
Preceded bySinclair Weeks
55th Governor of Massachusetts
In officeJanuary 5, 1939 - January 3, 1945
LieutenantHorace T. Cahill
Succeeded byMaurice J. Tobin
Preceded byCharles F. Hurley

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Leverett A. Saltonstall (September 1, 1892 - June 17, 1979) was an American Republican politician who served as the 55th Governor of Massachusetts (1939 � 1945) and as a United States Senator (1945 � 1967).

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Political offices
Preceded by
Charles F. Hurley
Governor of Massachusetts
1939-1945
Succeeded by
Maurice J. Tobin
Preceded by
Scott W. Lucas
Senate Minority Whip
1949-1953
Succeeded by
Earle C. Clements
Preceded by
Lyndon B. Johnson
Senate Majority Whip
1953-1955
Preceded by
Richard B. Russell, Jr.
Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee
1953 - 1955
Succeeded by
Richard B. Russell, Jr.
Preceded by
Earle C. Clements
Senate Minority Whip
1955-1957
Succeeded by
Everett Dirksen
United States Senate
Preceded by
Sinclair Weeks
United States Senator from Massachusetts
Served alongside: David I. Walsh, Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.,
John F. Kennedy, Benjamin A. Smith II, Ted Kennedy

1945-1967
Succeeded by
Edward Brooke
Party political offices
Preceded by
Sinclair Weeks
United States Senator from Massachusetts
Served alongside: David I. Walsh, Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.,
John F. Kennedy, Benjamin A. Smith II, Ted Kennedy

1945-1967
Succeeded by
Edward Brooke
Preceded by
Sinclair Weeks
United States Senator from Massachusetts
Served alongside: David I. Walsh, Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.,
John F. Kennedy, Benjamin A. Smith II, Ted Kennedy

1945-1967
Succeeded by
Edward Brooke

United States Senate Majority Whips

Lewis * Curtis * Jones * Fess * Lewis * Minton * Hill * Wherry * Myers * Johnson * Saltonstall * Clements * Mansfield * Humphrey * Long * Kennedy * Byrd * Cranston * Stevens * Simpson * Cranston * Ford * Lott * Nickles * Reid * Nickles * Reid * McConnell * Durbin

United States Senate Minority Whips

Wadsworth * Curtis * Gerry * Sheppard * Hebert * Wherry * Lucas * Saltonstall * Clements * Saltonstall * Dirksen * Kuchel * Scott * Griffin * Stevens * Cranston * Simpson * Ford * Reid * Nickles * Reid * Nickles * Reid * Durbin * Lott * Kyl

United States Senators from Massachusetts

Class 1Dalton * Cabot * Goodhue * Mason * Adams * Lloyd * Gore * Ashmun * Mellen * Mills * Webster * Choate * Webster * Winthrop * Rantoul * Sumner * Washburn * Dawes * Lodge, Sr. * Butler * Walsh * Lodge, Jr. * J. Kennedy * Smith * E. Kennedy * Kirk * Brown
Class 2Strong * Sedgwick * Dexter * Foster * Pickering * Varnum * Otis * Lloyd * Silsbee * Davis * Bates * Davis * Everett * Rockwell * Wilson * Boutwell * Hoar * Crane * J. Weeks * Walsh * Gillett * Coolidge * Lodge, Jr. * S. Weeks * Saltonstall * Brooke * Tsongas * Kerry

Chairmen of the United States Senate Committee on Armed Services

Military Affairs Committee
(1816 - 1947)
J. Williams * Troup * J. Williams * Jackson * Harrison * Benton * Preston * Crittenden * Benton * Davis * Shields * Weller * Davis * Wilson * Logan * Spencer * Randolph * Logan * Hawley * Walthall * Hawley * Warren * du Pont * Johnston * Chamberlain * Wadsworth * Reed * Sheppard * Reynolds * Thomas
Naval Affairs Committee
(1816 - 1947)
Tait * Sanford * Pleasants * Lloyd * Hayne * Dallas * Southard * Rives * R. Williams * Mangum * Bayard * Fairfield * Yulee * Gwin * Mallory * J. Hale * Grimes * Cragin * Sargent * McPherson * Cameron * McPherson * Cameron * E. Hale * Perkins * Tillman * Swanson * Page * F. Hale * Trammell * Walsh
Armed Services Committee
(1947 - )
Gurney * Tydings * Russell * Saltonstall * Russell * Stennis * Tower * Goldwater * Nunn * Thurmond * Warner * Levin * Warner * Levin * Warner * Levin

Chairs of the National Governors Association

Willson * McGovern * Walsh * Spry * Capper * Harrington * Allen * Sproul * Cox * Trinkle * Brewster * McMullen * Dern * Case * Pollard * Rolph * McNutt * Peery * Cochran * Stark * Vanderbilt * Stassen * O'Conor * Saltonstall * Maw * Martin * Caldwell * Hildreth * Hunt * Lane * Carlson * Lausche * Peterson * Shivers * Thornton * Kennon * Langlie * Stanley * Stratton * Collins * Boggs * McNichols * Powell * Rosellini * Anderson * Sawyer * Reed * Guy * Volpe * Ellington * Love * Hearnes * Moore * Mandel * Evans * Rampton * Ray * Andrus * Askew * Milliken * Carroll * Bowen * Busbee * Snelling * Matheson * J. Thompson * Carlin * Alexander * Clinton * Sununu * Baliles * Branstad * Gardner * Ashcroft * Romer * Campbell * Dean * T. Thompson * Miller * Voinovich * Carper * Leavitt * Glendening * Engler * Patton * Kempthorne * Warner * Huckabee * Napolitano * Pawlenty * Rendell * Douglas * Manchin

United States presidential election, 1948

Democratic Party1948 Democratic National Convention
CandidatesKilgore * Russell * Truman * Wallace *
VP CandidatesBarkley
Republican Party1948 Republican National Convention
CandidatesBender * Dewey * Hitchcock * MacArthur * J. W. Martin * E. Martin * Saltonstall * Stassen * Vandenberg * Warren * Taft
VP CandidatesStassen * Warren
State's Rights Democratic PartyDixiecrat nomination
CandidatesThurmond
VP CandidatesWright
Progressive PartyProgressive Party nomination
CandidatesWallace
VP CandidatesTaylor

NCAA Theodore Roosevelt Award

1967: Dwight D. Eisenhower - 1968: Leverett Saltonstall - 1969: Byron "Whizzer" White - 1970: Frederick L. Hovde - 1971: Christopher C. Kraft, Jr. - 1972: Jerome H. Holland - 1973: Omar Bradley - 1974: Jesse Owens - 1975: Gerald Ford - 1976: Thomas J. Hamilton - 1977: Tom Bradley - 1978: Gerald B. Zornow - 1979: Otis Chandler - 1980: Denton Cooley - 1981: Art Linkletter 1982: Bill Cosby - 1983: Arnold Palmer - 1984: William P. Lawrence - 1985: Robben Fleming - 1986: George H. W. Bush - 1987: Walter J. Zable - 1988: not presented 1989: Paul Ebert - 1990: Ronald Reagan - 1991: Althea Gibson - 1992: Jack Kemp - 1993: Lamar Alexander - 1994: Rafer Johnson - 1995: Bob Mathias -1996: John Wooden - 1997: William Porter Payne -1998: Bob Dole -1999: Bill Richardson - 2000: Roger Staubach - 2001: William Cohen - 2002: Eunice Kennedy Shriver - 2003: Donna de Varona - 2004: Alan Page - 2005: Sally Ride - 2006: Robert Kraft - 2007: Paul Tagliabue - 2008: John Glenn- 2009: Madeleine Albright- 2010: George J. Mitchell



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