Events from the year 1875 in Michigan.

Office holders

State office holders

* Governor of Michigan: John J. Bagley (

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) * Lieutenant Governor of Michigan: Henry H. Holt (Republican) *

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 ...

: Isaac Marston/Andrew J. Smith *

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: Daniel Striker/Ebenezer G. D. Holden * Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives:

John Philo Hoyt John Philo Hoyt (October 6, 1841 – August 27, 1926) was an American politician and jurist. He served as the fourth Governor of Arizona Territory and was nominated to become Governor of Idaho Territory but declined the position. In his late ...

(Republican) * Chief Justice,

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: Benjamin F. Graves

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 ...

: Hugh Moffat (Republican) *

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: Peter R. L. Peirce * Mayor of Saginaw: Chauncey W. Wisner

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: Thomas W. Ferry (Republican) * House District 1: Alpheus S. Williams (Democrat) * House District 2: Henry Waldron (Republican) * House District 3:

George Willard George Willard (March 20, 1824 – March 26, 1901) was a politician and newspaperman from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and was also instrumental in opening the University of Michigan to ...

(Republican) * House District 4: Julius C. Burrows (Republican)/ Allen Potter * House District 5: William B. Williams (Republican) * House District 6: Josiah Begole/ George H. Durand (Democrat) * House District 7:

Omar D. Conger Omar Dwight Conger (April 1, 1818July 11, 1898) was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan. Conger was born in Cooperstown, New York, and moved with his father, the Rev. E. Conger, to Huron County, Ohio, in 1824. H ...

(Republican) * House District 8: Nathan B. Bradley (Republican) * House District 9: Jay Abel Hubbell (Republican)

Population

Sports

Baseball

* 1875 Michigan Wolverines baseball season - The Wolverines compiled a 1–2 record, winning a game against the Detroit Aetnas and losing games to the Aetnas and Jackson Mutuals. William Johnson was the team captain.2012 U-M Baseball Record Book, p. 13.

Chronology of events

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November

December

Births

* January 31 –

Horace B. Carpenter Horace B. Carpenter (January 31, 1875 – May 21, 1945) was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter. He appeared in more than 330 films between 1914 and 1946. He also directed 15 films between 1925 and 1934. Born in Grand Rapids, ...

, silent movie actor, director, and screenwriter, in

Grand Rapids, Michigan Grand Rapids is a city and county seat of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 198,917 which ranks it as the second most-populated city in the state after Detroit. Grand Rapids is the ...

* February 22 –

James Kirkwood Sr. James Cornelius Kirkwood Sr. (February 22, 1876 – August 24, 1963) was an American actor and director. Biography Kirkwood debuted on screen in 1909 and was soon playing leads for D. W. Griffith. He started directing in 1912, and became a fa ...

, silent movie actor and director, in Grand Rapids * December 2 – Louis C. Cramton, U.S. Representative from Michigan's 7th District (1913-1931), at Hadley Township, Michigan

Deaths

* March 18 – George G. B. Yeckley, member of the Michigan House of Representatives, died in office, at 44, in Hamilton Township, Van Buren County * May 16 – Daniel Dunakin, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (1855–1856), at age 65

References

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