In 1950 he was elected to the Senate by defeating Helen Douglas, whom he insinuated was a closet communist.  
At the 1952 Republican convention, he secured Eisenhower's nomination by delivering his state's delegation to Eisenhower, thus antagonizing Earl Warren.  Later, Eisenhower would pressure him to become his Secretary of Defense, but he refused.  As a freshman congressman, he had been instrumental in securing the passage of the Marshall Plan but was most noted for his role in securing the perjury indictment of Alger Hiss.   In 1950 he was elected to the Senate by defeating Helen Douglas, whom he insinuated was a closet communist.  FTP, name this man who lost the presidency with Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. as his running mate but won with Gerald Ford in 1968.
At the 1952 Republican convention, he secured Eisenhower's nomination by delivering his state's delegation to Eisenhower, thus antagonizing Earl Warren.  
Richard Milhouse {Nixon}