[5] In 1918, Schleimer and Dunbar divested themselves of any interest in the Building & Loan Association in Nogales, Sonora, a company the two of them had formed.
[6] In July 1918, after the United States entry into World War I, Schleimer volunteered and joined the U. S. Merchant Marine service, and reported for duty in San Francisco.
[15] In 1920, Schleimer ran unopposed in the Democrat primary for the single Arizona State Senate seat from Santa Cruz County.
It began prior to his assuming his duties as a state senator, when as a member of the Nogales Chamber of Commerce, he pushed for putting together a train of Arizona businessmen to go to Obregón's inauguration.
[19] During 1921 and 1922 he traveled the country speaking in front of state legislatures and chambers of commerce, attempting to get them to draw up declarations in support of the Obregón presidency.
[20] In 1924, when a plot was uncovered to overthrow President Obregón, Schleimer was in Los Angeles, helping the Mexican government handle the conflict.
[29][30] Schleimer died on December 9, 1953, in Glendale, California, and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park.