Christian Herter

Christian Herter
1st United States Trade Representative
In office December 10, 1962 – December 30, 1966
President	John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	William M. Roth
53rd United States Secretary of State
In office April 22, 1959 – January 20, 1961
President	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded by	John Foster Dulles
Succeeded by	Dean Rusk
20th United States Under Secretary of State
In office February 21, 1957 – April 22, 1959
President	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded by	Herbert Hoover Jr.
Succeeded by	C. Douglas Dillon
59th Governor of Massachusetts
In office January 8, 1953 – January 3, 1957
Lieutenant	Sumner G. Whittier
Preceded by	Paul A. Dever
Succeeded by	Foster Furcolo
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 10th district
In office January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1953
Preceded by	George H. Tinkham
Succeeded by	Laurence Curtis
Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office 1939–1943
Preceded by	Horace T. Cahill
Succeeded by	Rudolph King
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 5th Suffolk district
In office 1931–1943
Preceded by	Henry Lee Shattuck
Succeeded by	Henry Lee Shattuck
Personal details
Born	Christian Archibald Herter (1895-03-28)March 28, 1895 Paris, France
Died	December 30, 1966(1966-12-30) (aged 71) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Resting place	Prospect Hill Cemetery
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Mary Pratt ​ (m. 1917)​
Education	Harvard University (BA) Columbia University
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Christian Archibald Herter (March 28, 1895 – December 30, 1966) was an American diplomat and Republican politician who was the 59th Governor of Massachusetts from 1953 to 1957 and United States Secretary of State from 1959 to 1961. He served as president of the board of trustees at the Dexter School from 1937 to 1939. ^[1] His moderate tone of negotiations was confronted by the intensity of Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev in a series of unpleasant episodes that turned the Cold War even colder in 1960–61.