Ira Waite Jayne was elected to the Wayne County, Michigan

Wayne County, Michigan

-History:Wayne County was one of the first counties formed when the Northwest Territory was organized. It was named for the American general "Mad Anthony" Wayne. It originally encompassed the entire area of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, as well as small sections that are now part of northern...

 Circuit Court bench in 1915 and served as Chief Judge

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 for 27 years of his 37 years working for the court. He graduated from the University of Michigan

University of Michigan

The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...

 in 1905. He was the attorney for The Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children in Detroit. He developed the boarding home plan replacing orphanage

Orphanage

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s.

Secretary of War Newton D. Baker

Newton D. Baker

Newton Diehl Baker, Jr. was an American politician who belonged to the Democratic Party. He served as the 37th mayor of Cleveland, Ohio from 1912 to 1915 and as U.S. Secretary of War from 1916 to 1921.-Early years:...

 appointed the judge to the recreational activities duty for United States Army

United States Army

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 camps in 1917 during World War I

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World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

. There is a small park (playground) which bears his name in Detroit.

He was a trustee of Lapeer's

Lapeer, Michigan

Lapeer is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is the county seat of Lapeer County. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 8,841. Most of the city was incorporated from land that was formerly in Lapeer Township, though portions were also annexed from Mayfield Township and Elba...

 Camp Lemberg for retarded children

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, national Vice President of the NAACP

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, usually abbreviated as NAACP, is an African-American civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909. Its mission is "to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to...

 and the American Bar Association

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 Chairman.

As Vice President of the National Lawyers Guild

National Lawyers Guild

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, when members of the Detroit chapter refused to take a non-communist

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 oath, Jayne resigned his post.

Judge Jayne also ran for the US Senate seat vacated in 1928 when Senator Woodbridge Nathan Ferris

Woodbridge Nathan Ferris

Woodbridge Nathan Ferris was an educator from New York, Illinois and Michigan, as well as Democratic statesman and the 28th Governor of Michigan .-Early life in New York, Michigan and Illinois:...

 died.

Along with Walter P. Reuther he chose the sculpture, Carl Milles

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's statue "The Hand of God", which stands to pay tribute to Frank Murphy

Frank Murphy

William Francis Murphy was a politician and jurist from Michigan. He served as First Assistant U.S. District Attorney, Eastern Michigan District , Recorder's Court Judge, Detroit . Mayor of Detroit , the last Governor-General of the Philippines , U.S...

 outside the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice in downtown Detroit.

A summary of his career appears in Recreation, Volume 12 By National Recreation Association.

He has written numerous articles which remain on record to this day.

Judge Jayne was born in Fenton, Michigan

Fenton, Michigan

Fenton is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan that lies mostly in Genesee County. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 11,756. The city was incorporated from Fenton Township in Genesee County, and the city and township are administratively autonomous.-History:In the 1970s, the city...

and Fenton's Jayne Road is named for him as are the two Jayne Hill subdivisions which were built on his former farm.