John C. Lehr

John Camillus Lehr ( born November 18, 1878 in Monroe, Michigan, † February 17, 1958 ) was an American politician. Between 1933 and 1935 he represented the state of Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Lehr first attended St Mary's Private School and then until 1897, the Monroe High School. After a subsequent law studies at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and its made ​​in 1900 admitted to the bar he began in Monroe to work in his new profession. Between 1905 and 1916 he practiced in Port Huron; then he returned to Monroe. From 1918-1922 and again 1928-1930 he was there -city lawyer. Between 1926 and 1936 he was also in the Education Committee of that city. Since 1930 he was its vice-president.

Politically, teaching member of the Democratic Party. In the congressional elections of 1932 he was in the second constituency of the State of Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded the Republican Earl C. Michener took on 4 March 1933 that he had beaten in the election. This election result was in the national trend in favor of the Democrats, who also won the presidential election this year, with Franklin D. Roosevelt. Since he lost to Michener at the following elections in 1934, teaching was able to complete only one term in Congress until January 3, 1935. At this time there the first New Deal legislation of the Federal Government were introduced and adopted.

Between 1936 and 1942 worked with teachers in the Port Commission of the city of Monroe. In 1936 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, was nominated to the President Roosevelt for re-election. This appointed him United States Attorney for the Eastern part of the state of Michigan. Served in this office teaching 1936-1947. Afterwards, he worked for a charity organization in Detroit. John Lehr died on 17 February 1958 in his hometown of Monroe.