Leverett Saltonstall
Leverett Saltonstall | |
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Saltonstall in 1934 | |
| Chair of the Senate Republican Conference | |
| In office January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1967 | |
| Leader | Kenneth S. Wherry Styles Bridges Robert A. Taft William F. Knowland |
| Deputy | Milton Young |
| Preceded by | Eugene Millikin |
| Succeeded by | Margaret Chase Smith |
| Senate Minority Whip | |
| In office January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957 | |
| Leader | William F. Knowland |
| Preceded by | Earle Clements |
| Succeeded by | Everett Dirksen |
| In office January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953 | |
| Leader | Kenneth S. Wherry Styles Bridges |
| Preceded by | Scott W. Lucas |
| Succeeded by | Earle C. Clements |
| Senate Majority Whip | |
| In office January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 | |
| Leader | Robert A. Taft William F. Knowland |
| Preceded by | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Succeeded by | Earle C. Clements |
| United States Senator from Massachusetts | |
| In office January 4, 1945 – January 3, 1967 | |
| Preceded by | Sinclair Weeks |
| Succeeded by | Edward Brooke |
| Chair of the National Governors Association | |
| In office June 20, 1943 – May 28, 1944 | |
| Preceded by | Herbert O'Conor |
| Succeeded by | Herbert B. Maw |
| 55th Governor of Massachusetts | |
| In office January 5, 1939 – January 4, 1945 | |
| Lieutenant | Horace T. Cahill |
| Preceded by | Charles F. Hurley |
| Succeeded by | Maurice J. Tobin |
| Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
| In office January 1929 – January 1937 | |
| Preceded by | John Hull |
| Succeeded by | Horace T. Cahill |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 1, 1892 Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | June 17, 1979 (aged 86) Dover, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse |
Alice Wesselhoeft (m. 1916) |
| Education | Harvard University (BA, LLB) |
| Nickname | Salty |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch/service | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1917–1919 |
| Rank | First Lieutenant |
| Unit | 301st Field Artillery |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
Leverett Atholville Saltonstall (September 1, 1892 – June 17, 1979) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts. He served three two-year terms as the 55th Governor of Massachusetts, and for more than twenty years as a United States senator (1945–1967). Saltonstall was internationalist in foreign policy and moderate on domestic policy, serving as a well-liked mediating force in the Republican Party. He was the only member of the Republican Senate leadership to vote for the censure of Joseph McCarthy.