Lehr was a delegate to the 1936 Democratic National Convention and was a member of the Monroe Port Commission from 1936 to 1942 . On July 2 , 1936 , he was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan and served in that position until September 2 , 1947 . He resigned to devote his time as head of a fraternal beneficiary association in Detroit ( The Maccabees ) , and was succeeded by his chief assistant Thomas P. Thornton
1936 Democratic National Convention
1936 Democratic National Convention
John C. Lehr