Legislator Details
Image Description:
L. Harvey Lodge portrait from Manual 1959 p.L
Number of sessions served 7
Gender: Male
Age at election: 44
Vital Records Information:
Birth
Date: 11/8/1902
City: Milford, MI
County: Oakland County, MI
Country: US
Death
Date: 5/16/1976
City: Independence, MI
County: Oakland County, MI
Country: US
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Burial
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Marital Information:
married Dorothy G. Keeler 12/28/1946
Number of Children: 0
Background
Religion: Methodist
Military Service:
Occupation: lawyer
Race: Caucasian or White
Education:
grammar & high school in Milford, MI, graduated from Milford high school, 1921;
AB & LLB, University of Michigan, 1929 and 1930
Biographical Sketch:
Son of Dr. Edward A. & Katherine L. Lodge.
Admitted to practice law in Detroit in 1930
Served as research assistant for Law Observance and Enforcement in 1931; assistant attorney general in Michigan in 1936, assistant & chief assistant prosecuting attorney of Oakland county 1939-1946; appointed prosecuting attorney by circuit bench August 1, 1946. On the Pontiac Housing Commission and Board of Clinton Valley Boy Scouts.
Served on the National Republican Convention in 1944 and delegate to several State Republican Conventions.
Member of B.P.O.E. No. 810, Pontiac; Milford Lodge; F. & A.M.; K. of P., American Tribal Lawyers; Pontiac; Lawyers Club of Ann Arbor; Academy of Political and Social Science; High Twelve, Pontiac; Scottish Rites Club; American Judicature Society; Moslem Shrine; Oakland County Bar, Michigan State Bar, and American Bar Associations. Honorary member Lake Orion Lions Club. Past president and director of Michigan Children's Aid Society, Oakland County. Elected to House of Representatives in 1946.
Notable Facts:
According to SCR 429, 1976 Senate Journal, p. 998, he died 5/16/1976. No place of death.
His last residence was Washington , Macomb Co. or Independence, Oakland Co., MI.
Sessions Served:
Committees Served On: Commerce , Conservation and Tourist Industry , Corporations & Economic Development, Joint Committee on Ethics and Conflict of Interest, Joint Committee on Water Resources
City of Residence: Waterford
County of Residence Oakland
District Description: Counties of Lapeer and Oakland (part).
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Notes: Chair of the Committees on Commerce; and the Joint Committee on Ethics and Conflict of Interest; member of the Legislative Council
Committees Served On: Commerce , Conservation, Environment and Tourism, Corporations & Economic Development, Legislative Council
Postions Held: President Pro Tempore
City of Residence: Waterford
County of Residence Oakland
District Description: Counties of Lapeer and Oakland (part).
Reason for Leaving Office: Lost Election
End of Term Status: Departed
Notes: Chair of the Committee on Commerce
Succeeded Sen. Zaagman as Pres. Pro tem 1/22/1974
Committees Served On: Commerce , Conservation and Tourist Industry , Judiciary
City of Residence: Waterford
County of Residence Oakland
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Notes: Chair of the Committee on Commerce; Vice-Chair of the Committee on Judiciary
Committees Served On: Commerce , Conservation and Tourist Industry , Judiciary
City of Residence: Waterford
County of Residence Oakland
District Description: Lapeer County; and townships of Addison, Brandon,
Independence, Oakland, Orion, Oxford and Waterford; and city of Pontiac in Oakland County
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
Notes: Chair of the Committee on Commerce; Vice-Chair of the Committee on Judiciary
Committees Served On: Conservation, Judiciary , Elections
City of Residence: Waterford
County of Residence Oakland
District Description: Oakland County
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Notes: Chair of the Committee on Elections
Committees Served On: Conservation, Elections , Judiciary
City of Residence: Drayton Plains
County of Residence Oakland
District Description: Oakland County
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Notes: Chair of the Committee on Elections
Committees Served On: Aeronautics, Conservation, Metropolitan Affairs, Pontiac State Hospital , Revision and Amendment of the Statutes
City of Residence: Pontiac
County of Residence Oakland
District Description: City of Pontiac
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed
Notes: Chair of the Committee on Revision and Amendment of the Statutes
Bibliography:
Manual 1947 p.685-86; USCen 1900; SSDI; MIDeaths 1971-96; Oakland p.116; Manual 1959-60, p. 184; Manual 1967-68 p.173; Manual 1971-72 p.184
