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US senator Henry Cabot Lodge was one of the most outspoken opponents to American membership of the League of Nations. He explained this position in an August 1919 speech in Washington: The independence of the United States is not only more precious to ourselves but to the world…
Classic Senate Speeches. February 28, 1919. On February 28, 1919, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts began an assault on President Woodrow Wilson's proposal to establish a League of Nations that ultimately culminated in the Senate's rejection of the Treaty of Versailles.
Listen to the audio and read the transcript of Lodge's 1919 speech, where he argues against joining the League of Nations. Learn about his \"America First\" position and its implications for world affairs.
His successful crusade against Woodrow Wilson's Treaty of Versailles ensured that the United States never joined the League of Nations and his penned conditions against that treaty, known collectively as the Lodge reservations, influenced the structure of the modern United Nations.
May 9, 2024 · Henry Cabot Lodge was a Republican U.S. senator for more than 31 years (1893–1924); he led the successful congressional opposition to his country’s participation in the League of Nations following World War I. In 1876 Lodge was one of the first to be granted a doctorate in history from Harvard
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Headings. - Lodge, Henry Cabot,--1850-1924--Political and social views. - Speeches, addresses, etc., American. - Political oratory--United States. - League of Nations--United States. - Campaign literature, 1919--Republican. - United States--Politics and government--1913-1921. - Live sound recordings.
Henry Cabot Lodge on the League of Nations, 12 August 1919. Henry Cabot Lodge, a vociferous Republican opponent (and Senate majority leader) of the Democrat President Woodrow Wilson - considered by many historians today Wilson's political nemesis - was routinely disdainful of Wilson's liberal ideals.
