Today in History: Henry Cabot Lodge
Today in History–May 12–the Library of Congress features politician and historian Henry Cabot Lodge, born on this day in 1850. Lodge was a long-standing member of Congress, serving the state of Massachusetts as a U.S. representative from 1887 to 1893 and a U.S. senator from 1893 to 1924. This Republican statesman is perhaps best known for his staunch argument against U.S. participation in the League of Nations proposed by President Woodrow Wilson. Find out more about this fiery orator by visiting the Today in History section, then click the links below to access related resources.
Henry Cabot Lodge Was Born from America’s Library
Henry Cabot Lodge speech against the League of Nations 1919 audio recording (includes transcription)
“Senator Lodge calls League of Nations ‘Deformed Experiment on Noble Purpose‘” New-York Tribune 13 Aug. 1919
More historical newspaper coverage of Lodge & the League of Nations
More historical newspaper coverage of Henry Cabot Lodge
Magazine articles by Henry Cabot Lodge
- “Timothy Pickering” The Atlantic Monthly Volume 41, Issue 248 June 1878
- “Daniel Webster” The Atlantic Monthly Volume 49, Issue 292 February 1882
- “Naval Courts-martial and the Pardoning Power” The Atlantic Monthly Volume 50, Issue 297 July 1882
- “Colonialism in the United States” The Atlantic Monthly Volume 51, Issue 307 May 1883
- “William H. Seward” The Atlantic Monthly Volume 53, Issue 319, May 1884
- “Gouverneur Morris” The Atlantic Monthly Volume 57, Issue 342 April 1886
- “The Fisheries Question” The North American Review Volume 146, Issue 375 February 1888
- “Permanent Republican Clubs” The North American Review Volume 146, Issue 376 March 1888
- “The Coming Congress” The North American Review Volume 149, Issue 394 September 1889
- “International Copyright” The Atlantic Monthly Volume 66, Issue 394 August 1890
- “The Federal Election Bill” The North American Review Volume 151, Issue 406 September 1890
- “Why Patronage in Offices is Un-American” The Century; a popular quarterly Volume 40, Issue 6 October 1890
- “The Restriction of Immigration” The North American Review Volume 152, Issue 410 January 1891
- “Mr. Lodge on Civil Service Reform” The Century; a popular quarterly Volume 41, Issue 5 March 1891
- “Lynch Law and Unrestricted Immigration” The North American Review Volume 152, Issue 414 May 1891
- “The Distribution of Ability in the United States” The Century; a popular quarterly Volume 42, Issue 5 September 1891
- “A Perilous Business and the Remedy” The North American Review Volume 154, Issue 423 February 1892
- “The Census and Immigration” The Century; a popular quarterly Volume 46, Issue 5 September 1893
- “The Struggle in the Senate” The North American Review Volume 157, Issue 444 November 1893
- “The Results of Democratic Victory” The North American Review Volume 159, Issue 454 September 1894
- A Great Author “Dr. Holmes” The North American Review Volume 159, Issue 457 December 1894
- “Shakespeare’s Americanisms” Harper’s New Monthly Magazine Volume 90, Issue 536 January, 1895
- “England, Venezuela, and the Monroe Doctrine” The North American Review Volume 160, Issue 463 June 1895
- “English Elections” Harper’s New Monthly Magazine Volume 93, Issue 554 July, 1896
- “The Meaning of the Votes” The North American Review Volume 164, Issue 482 January 1897