List of United States Political Families (D) - The Davises and Lodges

The Davises and Lodges

The Davis family is related by marriage to The Lodges and The Cabots

• John Davis (1787–1854), congressman from Massachusetts 1825 to 1834, Governor of Massachusetts 1834 to 1835; 1841 to 1843, senator from Massachusetts 1835 to 1841; 1845 to 1853.
• George Bancroft (1800–1891), United States Secretary of the Navy 1845 to 1846; U.S. Minister to the United Kingdom 1846 to 1849; U.S. Minister to Berlin 1849 to 1867. Brother-in-law of John Davis
  • John Chandler Bancroft Davis (1822–1907), Assistant US Secretary of State 1869 to 1871; 1873 to 1874; 1881 to 1882, US Ambassador to Germany 1874 to 1877, United States Supreme Court Reporter of Decisions 1883 to 1902.
  • Horace Davis (1831–1916), congressman from California 1877 to 1881.
    • • Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (1902–1985), U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1937–1944 and 1947–1953; Ambassador to the UN, 1953–1960; Republican nominee for Vice President, 1960; Ambassador to Vietnam, 1963–1964 and 1965–1967; Ambassador to Germany, 1968–1969; candidate for the Republican nomination for President in 1964; great-great-grandson of John Davis and brother of John Davis Lodge.
      • John Davis Lodge (1903–1985), 1933–1940; U.S. Representative from Connecticut, 1947–1951; governor of Connecticut, 1951–1955; U.S Ambassador to Spain, 1955–1961; Ambassador to Argentina, 1969–1973; Ambassador to Switzerland, 1983–1985; great-great-grandson of John Davis and brother of Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
        • George C. Lodge (1927–), candidate for U.S. Senate from Massachusetts 1962, delegate to the Republican National Convention 1964. Son of Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.

NOTE: Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. and John Davis Lodge were also great-great-great-grandsons of U.S. Senator George Cabot, great-great-grandsons of U.S. Senator Elijah Hunt Mills, great-grandsons of U.S. Secretary of State Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, grandsons of U.S. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, nephews by marriage of U.S. Representative Augustus P. Gardner, and first cousins once removed of Connecticut State Representative William A.G. Minot. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. was also great-great-grandson-in-law of U.S. Senator Jonathan Mason and brother-in-law of New Jersey Treasurer Archibald S. Alexander. John Davis Lodge was also brother-in-law of U.S. Consul General D. Chadwick Braggiotti.