The Pilgrim and the Puritan whom we honor tonight were men who did a great deal of work in the world. They had their faults and their - shortcomings, but they were not slothful in business and they were most fervent in spirit.

Treaty of Versailles

The summit of Lodge's Senate career came in 1919 when as the unofficial Senate majority leader he did not want to secure approval of the Treaty of Versailles. See also
Lodge Committee
He also was the editor in Chief of the 24 volume History of Nations


Notes. (10 volumes).

He had the role (but not the title) of Senate Majority leader. Lodge demanded Congressional control of declarations of war; Wilson refused and the United States Senate never ratified the Treaty nor joined the League of Nations.