He was elected the the New York State Court of Appeals in 1965 and served there until his resignation in 1969 in order to become U.S. Ambassador to India where he served until 1972. 

He was then U.S. Ambassador to Israel from August 1973 until his death on May 5, 1975. He is buried in Section 5 of Arlington National Cemetery, not far from the Kennedy Brothers' gravesites.

Representative and a Senator from New York; born in Lima, Livingston County, N.Y., May 18, 1900; attended the public schools; graduated from Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, Lima, N.Y., in 1915, from the University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y., in 1919, and from Harvard Law School in 1923; was admitted to the bar in 1923 and commenced practice in Rochester, N.Y.; during the First World War served as a sergeant in the United States Army; during the Second World War served overseas and was promoted to brigadier general in 1948; resumed the practice of law; elected as a Republican to the Eightieth Congress; reelected to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1947-January 3, 1959); was not a candidate for renomination in 1958; elected to the United States Senate in 1958 and served from January 3, 1959, to January 2, 1965; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1964; elected to New York State Court of Appeals in 1965; served until his resignation in 1969 to become United States Ambassador to India 1969-1972; served as Ambassador to Israel from August 1973, until his death in New York City, May 5, 1975; interment in Arlington National Cemetery, Fort Myer, Va.

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