John R. Dethmers

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John R. Dethmers (October 15, 1903 – November 1, 1971) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan .

Dethmers was born in Plessis in O'Brien County , Iowa . He resided in Orange City, Iowa , Holland, Michigan , and East Lansing, Michigan . He enrolled at Hope College in Holland, Michigan, then went on to the University of Michigan Law School and began to practice law in 1927. Dethmers was a member of various judicial associations and was a family man with three children. He was Ottawa County Prosecuting Attorney from 1931 to 1938. He was a member of the Michigan Republican State Central Committee in 1939. Dethmers served as Chairman of the Michigan Republican Party from 1942 to 1945 and was a delegate to the 1944 Republican National Convention . He served as Michigan Attorney General from 1945 to 1946. Governor Harry Kelly appointed Dethmers Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court , serving from 1946 to 1970 and serving as Chief Justice of the Michigan State Supreme Court in 1953, 1956–1962, and 1967–1969. He was defeated in 1970. He was a Presbyterian and a member of the American Judicature Society . John R. Dethmers died in Lansing .

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1. ↑ The Political Graveyard: Dethmers, John R.

• "John R. Dethmers Biography" . Michigan State Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved November 26, 2006.

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