LEVERETT SALTONSTALL

(Leverett A. Saltonstall)


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Leverett Saltonstall
Leverett Saltonstall
  • Born: September 1, 1892
  • Died: June 17, 1979
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Politician

Leverett A. Saltonstall 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.