Christian Herter

Christian Herter
1st United States Trade Representative
In office
December 10, 1962 – December 30, 1966
PresidentJohn F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byWilliam M. Roth
53rd United States Secretary of State
In office
April 22, 1959 – January 20, 1961
PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded byJohn Foster Dulles
Succeeded byDean Rusk
20th United States Under Secretary of State
In office
February 21, 1957 – April 22, 1959
PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded byHerbert Hoover Jr.
Succeeded byC. Douglas Dillon
59th Governor of Massachusetts
In office
January 8, 1953 – January 3, 1957
LieutenantSumner G. Whittier
Preceded byPaul A. Dever
Succeeded byFoster Furcolo
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 10th district
In office
January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1953
Preceded byGeorge H. Tinkham
Succeeded byLaurence Curtis
Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1939–1943
Preceded byHorace T. Cahill
Succeeded byRudolph King
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
from the 5th Suffolk district
In office
1931–1943
Preceded byHenry Lee Shattuck
Succeeded byHenry Lee Shattuck
Personal details
Born
Christian Archibald Herter

(1895-03-28)March 28, 1895
Paris, France
DiedDecember 30, 1966(1966-12-30) (aged 71)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Resting placeProspect Hill Cemetery
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Mary Pratt
(m. 1917)
EducationHarvard University (BA)
Columbia University
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Christian Archibald Herter (March 28, 1895 – December 30, 1966) was an American diplomat and Republican politician who was the 59th Governor of Massachusetts from 1953 to 1957 and United States Secretary of State from 1959 to 1961. He served as president of the board of trustees at the Dexter School from 1937 to 1939. [1] His moderate tone of negotiations was confronted by the intensity of Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev in a series of unpleasant episodes that turned the Cold War even colder in 1960–61.

  1. ^ "Christian Herter Is Dead at 71. Secretary of State, 1959-1961. Ex-Massachusetts Governor, Dalles's Successor, Devoted Life to Public Service Christian Herter, Former Secretary of State, Dies". The New York Times. January 1, 1967.