Weideman was born of German ancestry in Detroit , Michigan and attended the public schools . He also attended the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor from 1914 until the outbreak of the First World War . He attended the Naval Officers Training School at Ann Arbor and enlisted in the United States Navy as an apprentice seaman . He was a member of the United States Naval Reserve from 1918 to 1922 . He attended the Detroit College of Law . He received his LL.B . from that institution in 1921 . He had been admitted to the bar in 1920 and commenced practice in Detroit . He was a delegate to the Democratic State conventions 1932-1944 and to the 1940 Democratic National Convention
1940 Democratic National Convention
1940 Democratic National Convention
Carl M. Weideman