Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961) — 34. EISENHOWER

John F. Kennedy (1961-1963) — 35. KENNEDY

Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969) — 36. JOHNSON

OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
Christian Archibald Herter

BORN:
March 28, 1895,
Paris, France

DIED:
December 30, 1966 (age 71)
Washington, DC

EDUCATION:
Harvard University (AB, 1915)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
1916:
Assigned to American Embassy, Berlin
1917:
Served as Acting U.S Minister to Belgium
1918-1919:
Secretary of the U.S. Commission to Negotiate Peace at the Paris Peace Conference
1919-1924:
Personal Assistant to Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover,
Executive Secretary of the European Relief Council
1931-1943:
Served in Massachusetts House of Representatives
1939-1943:
Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
1943-1953:
Member, U.S. House of Representatives (R-MA)
1953-1957:
Governor of Massachusetts
1957-1959:
Deputy Under Secretary of State
1959-1961:
U.S. Secretary of State
1962-1965:
First U.S. Trade Representative

PORTRAITS:

Artist: Albert Ketcham Murray (State Department Portrait)

RESOURCES:

19 January 1961: President Dwight D. Eisenhower and President-elect John F. Kennedy meet in the Cabinet Room of the White House (L-R) Secretary of State-designate Dean Rusk; Secretary of State Christian A. Herter; President-elect Kennedy; President Eisenhower (Abbie Rowe/ JFK Library)

Department of State
Biographical Directory of Congress
Eisenhower Presidential Library (Papers)
Wikipedia

MEDIA COVERAGE:

10 December 1962: President John F. Kennedy and others observe as newly-appointed Special Representative for Trade Negotiations, Christian A. Herter, delivers remarks during a swearing-in ceremony at the White House. L-R: President Kennedy; Mr. Herter, Mary C. Pratt Herter; newly-appointed Deputy Special Representative for Trade Negotiations, William T. Gossett; and Elizabeth Hughes Gossett. (Abbie Rowe/ JFK Library)

OBITUARIES (1/1/1967):
New York Times