Christian Archibald Herter (March 28, 1895 December 30, 1966) was an American

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 politician and statesman; 59th governor of Massachusetts

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 from 1953 to 1957, and United States Secretary of State

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 from 1959 to 1961.
Herter was born in Paris

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, France

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, to American artist and expatriate

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 parents, Albert Herter

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 and Adele McGinnis, and attended the École Alsacienne there (1901–1904) before moving to New York City

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, where he attended the Browning School

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 (1904–1911).