Events from the year 1865 in Michigan.

Office holders

State office holders

* Governor of Michigan: Henry H. Crapo * Lieutenant Governor of Michigan: Ebenezer O. Grosvenor *

Michigan Attorney General The Attorney General of the State of Michigan is the fourth-ranking official in the U.S. state of Michigan. The officeholder is elected statewide in the November general election alongside the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, m ...

: Albert Williams *

Michigan Secretary of State The Michigan Department of State is administered by the Secretary of State, who is elected on a partisan ballot for a term of four years in gubernatorial elections. The Secretary of State is the third-highest official in the State of Michigan. A ...

: James B. Porter * Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives: Gilbert E. Read * Chief Justice,

Michigan Supreme Court The Michigan Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is Michigan's court of last resort and consists of seven justices. The Court is located in the Michigan Hall of Justice at 925 Ottawa Street in Lansing, the sta ...

George Martin Sir George Henry Martin (3 January 1926 – 8 March 2016) was an English record producer, arranger, composer, conductor, and musician. He was commonly referred to as the " Fifth Beatle" because of his extensive involvement in each of the ...

Mayors of major cities

Mayor of Detroit This is a list of mayors of Detroit, Michigan. See History of Detroit, Michigan, for more information about the history of the incorporation of the city. The current mayor is Mike Duggan, who was sworn into office on January 1, 2014. History ...

: Kirkland C. Barker *

Mayor of Grand Rapids This is a list of mayors of Grand Rapids, Michigan. The current mayor is Rosalynn Bliss, who was sworn into office on January 1, 2016. References {{Grand Rapids, Michigan Grand Rapids, Michigan Grand Rapids is a city and county seat ...

Wilder D. Foster Wilder De Ayr Foster (January 8, 1819 – September 20, 1873) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Biography Foster was born in Orange County, New York where he attended the common schools. He moved to Michigan in 1837, and engaged ...

Federal office holders

* U.S. Senator from Michigan:

Zachariah Chandler Zachariah Chandler (December 10, 1813 – November 1, 1879) was an American businessman, politician, one of the founders of the Republican Party, whose radical wing he dominated as a lifelong abolitionist. He was mayor of Detroit, a four-term sena ...

(Republican)/ Isaac P. Christiancy * U.S. Senator from Michigan: Jacob M. Howard (Republican) * House District 1: Fernando C. Beaman (Republican) * House District 2:

Charles Upson Charles Upson (March 19, 1821 – September 5, 1885) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Upson was born in Southington, Connecticut, to Lydia (Webster) Upson (1781–1861) and Asahel Upson (1783–1867). He attended the district a ...

(Republican) * House District 3:

John W. Longyear John Wesley Longyear (October 22, 1820 – March 10, 1875) was a United States representative from Michigan and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Education and career Longyea ...

(Republican) * House District 4:

Francis William Kellogg Francis William Kellogg (May 30, 1810 – January 13, 1879) was a U.S. Representative from the states of Michigan, during the Civil War, and Alabama, during Reconstruction. Biography Kellogg was born in Worthington, Massachusetts and atte ...

(Republican)/ Thomas W. Ferry (Republican) * House District 5: Augustus C. Baldwin (Democrat)/ Rowland E. Trowbridge (Republican) * House District 6:

John F. Driggs John Fletcher Driggs (March 8, 1813 – December 17, 1877) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Driggs was born in Kinderhook, New York. He completed preparatory studies and moved with his parents to Tarrytown, New York, in 1825. H ...

(Republican)

Population

Chronology of events

January

February

March

* March 12 - The Detroit Police Department was formed. The first uniformed officers began patrolling on May 15. * March 25 - The Detroit Public Library opened on the second floor of the old Michigan State Capitol building in Detroit.

April

* April 9 - Robert E. Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia, bringing an end to the

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states ...

. * April 15 - Abraham Lincoln died after being shot one day earlier. * April 16 - At the invitation Mayor Barker, an overflow crowd of Detroit residents assembled at City Hall. Resolutions were passed, including one expressing "profound sorrow" and "horror and anguish". * April 25 - A parade in Detroit honored Pres. Lincoln.

May

June

July

* July - The Upper Peninsula miners' strike of 1865 was put down by a naval detachment from the USS Michigan, using an improvised armored train, and later with an army detachment from Chicago.

August

* August 13 - General Ulysses S. Grant visited Detroit.

September

* September 12/13 - The Colored Men's Convention met in Detroit.

October

* October 17 - The 102nd Regiment United States Colored Troops returned to Detroit and was disbanded.

November

December

Births

* March 21 - George Owen Squier, U.S. Army officer and inventor, in

Dryden, Michigan Dryden is a village in Lapeer County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 951 at the 2010 census. The village is located within Dryden Township. History The Village of Dryden was settled in 1836 and was called Amboy. It was located ...

* April 13 -

Grant Fellows Grant Fellows (April 13, 1865 – July 16, 1929) was an American jurist. Born in Hudson Township, Lenawee County, Michigan, Fellows went to Hudson High School in Hudson, Michigan. Fellows studied law and was admitted to the Michigan bar in 1886 ...

, Michigan Attorney General (1913-1917), in Hudson Township, Lenawee County, Michigan * June 28 - Frank Scheibeck, Major League Baseball shortstop (1887-1906), in Detroit * July 21 - Fred M. Warner, 26th Governor of Michigan (1905-1911), in

Hickling, Nottinghamshire Hickling is a village in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, England. It is located close to the border with Leicestershire, approximately northwest of Melton Mowbray; the Vale of Belvoir is also nearby. It has a population of around ...

* November 15 - Jerome H. Remick, music publisher, in Detroit * December 1 -

Friend Richardson Friend William Richardson (born William Richardson; December 1, 1865September 6, 1943) was an American newspaper publisher and politician, most famous for supporting a 1923 gun control bill aimed at Chinese and Latinos. A member of the Progressiv ...

, Governor of California (1923-1927), in Friend's Colony, Michigan * Date unknown -

Lyster Hoxie Dewey Lyster Hoxie Dewey (1865–1944) was an American botanist from Michigan. Lyster Dewey was born in Cambridge, Michigan on March 14, 1865. In 1888, he graduated from Michigan State Agricultural College where, for the next two years, he taught bot ...

, botanist, in

Cambridge Township, Michigan Cambridge Township is a civil township of Lenawee County, Michigan, Lenawee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 5,299 at the 2000 United States Census, 2000 census. Communities * The village of Onsted, Michigan, Onsted is in ...

Deaths

References

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