Born in Beverly , Massachusetts , Lodge won election to the Massachusetts House of Representatives after graduating from Harvard . He and his close friend , Theodore Roosevelt , opposed James G. Blaine 's nomination at the 1884 Republican National Convention , but supported Blaine in the general election against Grover Cleveland . Lodge was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1886 before joining the United States Senate in 1893
1884 Republican National Convention
1884 Republican National Convention
Henry Cabot Lodge