John Davis Lodge was a Republican politician and diplomat from the Lodge family who entered politics after working as an actor. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and afterward served as Governor of Connecticut and as U.S. Ambassador to Spain and Argentina. During the Cold War, he was involved in anti-communist diplomacy and the strengthening of Western alliances, and is known as a figure embodying the international network and public service ethos of the Boston elite.

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