Henry Cabot Lodge

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Henry Cabot Lodge was a Senator from Massachusetts. He was a central and powerful figure in the US Congress until his death in 1924.

He was active in the Immigrant Restriction League]] in Massachusetts. He advocated for literacy tests as a means of limiting immigrants and types of immigrants coming into the US.

He and Albert J. Beveridge]] and Theodore Roosevelt]] were responsible for establishing the modern U. S. navy.

He was also instrumental in blocking passage of the Versailles Treaty]] the Senate in 1919. His strongest condemnation was against the League of Nations]] which he believed would limit U.S. freedom in foreign policy.