George C. Lodge
Videos
George Cabot Lodge II was an American academic and politician. In 1962, he was the Republican nominee in the special election to succeed John F. Kennedy in the United States Senate and lost to Ted Ken
Photo of Lodge from his 1962 campaign for U.S. Senate
Lodge as a child, seated with his mother, father, and brother.
The 1962 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts was held on November 6, 1962. Ted Kennedy, the youngest brother of then-President John F. Kennedy, defeated George C. Lodge, the son of
George C. Lodge
…Organization, and was elected chairman of the organization's Governing Body in 1960. Lodge later entered politics, and was the Republican nominee in the 1962 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts. Ted Kennedy was the Democratic nominee; it was the third time a Lodge had faced a Kennedy in a Massachusetts election. Lodge's father was the incumbent…
Edward Kennedy