John C. Lodge

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John Christian Lodge, (August 12, 1862 – February 6, 1950) was an influential mayor of Detroit, Michigan, 1922-1924 and 1927-1929.

The John C. Lodge Freeway (M-10) in Detroit was named after him. He attended the Michigan Military Academy for half a year before resigning in January, 1881.

He is sometime misidentified as "John Cabot Lodge", the younger brother of Henry Cabot Lodge.

[edit] Bibliography

• Lodge, John Christian [1949]. I Remember Detroit. Detroit: Wayne University Press. ISBN 078128581X. OCLC 415215. 

[edit] References

• The Political Graveyard
• "In Detroit" TIME magazine, January 23, 1928
• "The Michigan Military Academy at Orchard Lake" by James C. Starbuck, reprinted from Michigan History Magazine, September 1966 with additional notes by Brian J. Bohnett

Preceded by James J. Couzens	Mayor of Detroit 1922–1923	Succeeded by Frank Doremus
Preceded by Joseph Martin	Mayor of Detroit 1924	Succeeded by John Smith
Preceded by John Smith	Mayor of Detroit 1927–1929	Succeeded by Charles Bowles