He was a member of Michigan House of Representatives from Washtenaw County 's 2nd district from 1903 to 1904 , when he became an unsuccessful candidate for the United States House of Representatives for Michigan 's 2nd congressional district in the 1904 general elections . He was elected mayor of Ypsilanti in 1908 , defeating George D. Lockwood , and served from 1908 – 1910 . He was nominated as the Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan in 1916 , but lost . He was an unsuccessful candidate for circuit judge in Michigan 22nd Circuit in 1917 . He was a delegate from Michigan to the 1936 Democratic National Convention , at which Franklin Delano Roosevelt was renominated for President . In his later career , Kirk was a bank president in Ypsilanti , where he died in 1952 . He is buried in St. John Cemetery in Ypsilanti
1936 Democratic National Convention
1936 Democratic National Convention
John P. Kirk