Politics / Press & broadcasting
John C. Lodge
1862–1950 · journalist, city council president, mayor of Detroit
Detroit-born newspaperman who spent more than 30 years on the City Council, served three stints as mayor in the 1920s and gave his name to the Lodge Freeway.
- Born
Detroit, Michigan- Died
Detroit, Michigan
aged 87- Birth name
- John Christian Lodge
- Also known as
- John Christian Lodge
- Detroit years
- 1862–1950
- Field
- Politics, Press & broadcasting
01 / The Detroit story
The Detroit story
John C. Lodge was born in Detroit in 1862, attended the Michigan Military Academy and worked as a reporter and city editor at the Detroit Free Press from 1889 to 1896. He moved into the lumber trade, then into public life as chief clerk of the Wayne County auditors, secretary to Mayor George Codd, state representative and chair of the county board of supervisors. From 1910 he sat on the Detroit City Council, nine years as its president, and twice became acting mayor: after James Couzens left for the U.S. Senate in 1922 and after Joseph Martin resigned in 1924. He was elected mayor in his own right in 1927 and served until 1929, then returned to the council from 1932 to 1947. A great-uncle of Charles Lindbergh, he famously declined to fund the young flier's Atlantic attempt, fearing it would kill him. He died in 1950, is buried at Elmwood, and the M-10 freeway bears his name.
Highlights
- Mayor of Detroit 1922–1923, 1924 and 1928–1929
- Detroit City Council member for over 30 years, nine as president
- Reporter and city editor of the Detroit Free Press, 1889–1896
- The John C. Lodge Freeway (M-10) is named after him
- Author of the memoir I Remember Detroit (1949)
02 / Their Detroit places
Their Detroit places 2
Where they lived, worked, performed and liked to hang out. Closed and demolished places stay here too, because they are part of the city's history.
Memorial · 1950s–
John C. Lodge Freeway (M-10)
Freeway running from downtown Detroit northwest toward Southfield, named after him following his death.
Buried here · 1950
Elmwood Cemetery
He is buried at Elmwood Cemetery.