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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsChristian Archibald HERTER
(1895-1966)
HERTER, Christian
Archibald, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in
Paris, France, March 28, 1895, of American parents; attended school
in Paris 1901-1904 and Browning School of New York City 1904-1911;
was graduated from Harvard University in 1915; attaché of the
American Embassy in Berlin, Germany, in 1916 and for two months was
in charge of the American Legation in Brussels, Belgium; served in
the State Department, Washington, D.C., 1917-1919; executive
secretary of the European Relief Council in 1920; personal
assistant to the Secretary of Commerce, Washington, D.C.,
1921-1924; engaged in the publishing business at Boston, Mass.,
1924-1937; visiting lecturer on government at Harvard University in
1929 and 1930; overseer, Harvard University, 1940-1944 and
1946-1952; member of the State house of representatives 1931-1943,
serving as speaker 1939-1943; deputy director of the Office of
Facts and Figures, Washington, D.C., in 1941 and 1942; elected as a
Republican to the Seventy-eighth and to the four succeeding
Congresses (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1953); was not a candidate
for renomination in 1952; delegate to the Republican National
Convention in 1948; was Governor of Massachusetts from January 1953
to January 1957; was not a candidate for reelection as Governor in
1956; Under Secretary of State from February 21, 1957, and
Secretary of State from April 22, 1959, to January 20, 1961;
chairman of the Honorary Council of the International Movement for
Atlantic Union, 1961; cochairman of United States Citizens
Commission on NATO in 1961, and elected president of the resulting
convention in Paris in January 1962; President’s Special
Representative for Trade Negotiations, February 27, 1963, until his
death in Washington, D.C., on December 30, 1966; interment in
Prospect Hill Cemetery, Millis, Mass.
Bibliography
Noble, George Bernard. Christian A. Herter. American
Secretaries of State and Their Diplomacy, vol. 18. New York: Cooper
Square Publishers, 1970.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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