Sinclair Weeks | |
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13th United States Secretary of Commerce | |
In office January 21, 1953 – November 10, 1958 | |
President | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Preceded by | Charles W. Sawyer |
Succeeded by | Lewis Strauss (acting) |
United States Senator from Massachusetts | |
In office February 8, 1944 – December 19, 1944 | |
Appointed by | Leverett Saltonstall |
Preceded by | Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. |
Succeeded by | Leverett Saltonstall |
Chair of the Massachusetts Republican Party | |
In office 1936–1938 | |
Preceded by | Vernon Marr |
Succeeded by | Carroll Meins |
Mayor of Newton | |
In office 1930–1935 | |
Preceded by | Edwin Childs |
Succeeded by | Edwin Childs |
Personal details | |
Born | Newton, Massachusetts, U.S. | June 15, 1893
Died | February 7, 1972 Concord, Massachusetts, U.S. | (aged 78)
Political party | Republican |
Relatives | John Weeks (Father) |
Education | Harvard University (BA) |
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Military service | |
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Unit | Army National Guard |
Battles/wars | World War I |
Charles Sinclair Weeks (June 15, 1893 – February 7, 1972), better known as Sinclair Weeks, was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Massachusetts in 1944 and as United States Secretary of Commerce from 1953 until 1958, during President Dwight D. Eisenhower's administration.