Events from the year 1895 in Michigan.

Office holders

State office holders

John Treadway Rich John Treadway Rich (April 23, 1841 – March 28, 1926) was an American politician serving as a U.S. Representative and the 23rd governor of Michigan. Early life in Pennsylvania, Vermont and Michigan Rich was born in Conneautville, Pennsylvania, ...

(

Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...

) * Lieutenant Governor of Michigan: J. Wight Giddings/

Alfred Milnes Alfred Milnes (May 28, 1844 – January 15, 1916) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Early life Milnes was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England. His parents, Henry and Mary Ann (née Amyss) Milnes joined the LDS Church and left ...

/ Joseph R. McLaughlin *

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 ...

: Adolphus A. Ellis/Fred A. Maynard *

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 ...

: Washington Gardner (Republican) * Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives: William D. Gordon * 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 ...

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 ...

: Hazen S. Pingree (Republican) *

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 ...

: Charles D. Stebbins * Mayor of Saginaw: William B. Mershon

Federal office holders

* U.S. Senator from Michigan: Julius C. Burrows (Republican) * U.S. Senator from Michigan:

James McMillan James (or Jim or Jimmy) McMillan or MacMillan may refer to: Sportspeople * James McMillan (footballer, born c. 1866) (c. 1866–?), played for Sunderland * James McMillan (footballer, born 1869) (1869–1937), played for Scotland,Everton and St ...

(Republican) * House District 1: Levi T. Griffin (Democrat)/

John Blaisdell Corliss John Blaisdell Corliss (June 7, 1851 – December 24, 1929) was an American attorney, historian, and Republican politician from the city of Detroit, Michigan. He served as Detroit City Attorney for four years and represented the city in the U.S ...

(Republican) * House District 2: James S. Gorman (Democrat)/

George Spalding George Spalding (November 12, 1836 – September 13, 1915) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Biography Spalding was born in Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland and immigrated to the United States in 1843 with his parents. The sett ...

(Republican) * House District 3:

(Republican) * House District 4: Henry F. Thomas (Republican) * House District 5: George F. Richardson (Democrat)/ William Alden Smith (Republican) * House District 6: David D. Aitken (Republican) * House District 7: Justin Rice Whiting (Democrat)/ Horace G. Snover (Republican) * House District 8:

William S. Linton William Seelye Linton (February 4, 1856 – November 22, 1927) was an American politician from Michigan. Early life Linton was born in St. Clair, Michigan and moved with his parents to Saginaw in 1859, where he attended the public schools. ...

(Republican) * House District 9: John W. Moon (Republican)/ Roswell P. Bishop (Republican) * House District 10: Thomas A. E. Weadock (Democrat)/

Rousseau Owen Crump Rousseau Owen Crump (May 20, 1843 – May 1, 1901) was a politician and businessman from the U.S. state of Michigan. Crump was born in Pittsford, New York, the eldest son of Samuel and Sarah (Cutting) Crump. His parents had settled in Pittsfor ...

(Republican) * House District 11: John Avery (Republican) * House District 12: Samuel M. Stephenson (Republican)

Population

Sports

Baseball

* 1895 Detroit Tigers season – The Detroit baseball team, known for the first time in 1895 as the Tigers, competed in the Western League. The Tigers finished in sixth place with a 57–67 record. The team's statistical leaders included

Sam Dungan Samuel Morrison Dungan (July 29, 1866 – March 16, 1939) was a professional baseball player, principally an outfielder, but also a catcher and first baseman, for 16 years from 1890 to 1905. A California native, he attended Michigan State Normal ...

with a .424

batting average Batting average is a statistic in cricket, baseball, and softball that measures the performance of batters. The development of the baseball statistic was influenced by the cricket statistic. Cricket In cricket, a player's batting average is ...

, Al McCauley with 15

home run In baseball, a home run (abbreviated HR) is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to circle the bases and reach home plate safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team. A home run i ...

Count Campau Charles Columbus "Count" Campau (October 17, 1863 – April 3, 1938) was an American professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1888 through 1894 for the Detroit Wolverines, St. Louis Browns, and Washington Se ...

with 44 stolen bases, and Robert Gayle with 22 pitching wins. George A. Van Derbeck was the team's owner and manager. * 1895 Grand Rapids Gold Bugs season – The Grand Rapids baseball team, known as the Gold Bugs, also competed in the Western League during the 1895 season. The Gold Bugs finished in last place with a 38–84 record. * 1895 Michigan Wolverines baseball season – The Wolverines compiled a 19–3–1 record. Edmund Shields was the team captain.

American football

* 1895 Michigan Wolverines football team – The Wolverines compiled an 8–1 record, won seven of their games by shutouts, and outscored their opponents by a combined score of 266 to 14. * 1895 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team – Under head coach Marcus Cutler, the Normalites compiled a record of 3–3, and outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 119 to 54.

Chronology of events

Central High School historic - Detroit Michigan

January

* January 1 – John T. Rich was sworn in as Governor of Michigan in a ceremony at Lansing. * January 23 – Both houses of the Michigan Legislature met in joint session for an election to fill Michigan's seats in the U.S. Senate.

was unanimously reelected a full term. Julius C. Burrows was elected for a term of four years. * January 24 – Wreckage from the steamer ''Chicora'' was found in Lake Michigan from Benton Harbor to South Haven. All 26 persons aboard the ship were lost in a winter storm, and wreckage continued to drift ashore in the months that followed. * January 26 – Contingents supporting and opposing Detroit Mayor Pingree clashed at the Detroit Auditorium over the Thompson health bill and a proposal in Lansing to strip the Mayor of the power to appoint a health commissioner. The ''Detroit Free Press'' called the clash of the two factions "a spectacle never before witnessed in this city or state."

February

* February 2 – Dr. Horace Eliot Pope was murdered in Detroit, his skull shattered to pieces by blows from a hatchet wielded by William Brusseau, a barber. Brusseau claimed he was defending himself and Pope's wife from an attack by Pope. The police alleged that the murder was motivated by life insurance on Pope. Brusseau then changed his story and claimed that Mrs. Pope had murdered her husband after weeks of planning. On June 4, the wife, Nellie Pope, was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. * February 13 – Sen. McMillan proposed that

Fort Mackinac Fort Mackinac ( ) is a former British and American military outpost garrisoned from the late 18th century to the late 19th century in the city of Mackinac Island, Michigan, on Mackinac Island. The British built the fort during the American Re ...

, which had been decommissioned, be transferred to the State of Michigan for use as a park. McMillan's plan was approved, and

Mackinac Island State Park Mackinac Island State Park is a state park located on Mackinac Island in the U.S. state of Michigan. A Lake Huron island, it is near the Straits of Mackinac. The island park encompasses , which is approximately 80% of the island's total are ...

became the first state park in Michigan.

April

* April 16 – The ''Detroit Free Press'' referred to the Detroit baseball club as the "Detroit Tigers" in the first use of the nickname for the club.

May

* May 1 – The Detroit baseball club opened its season with an 11–6 victory over Toledo. The game, played on a Wednesday afternoon, attracted a crowd of 6,267. The game was preceded by a parade led by Mayor Pingree through the streets of Detroit that was viewed by "tens of thousands." In a pregame ceremony marking the opening of the season, Western League President

Ban Johnson Byron Bancroft Johnson (January 5, 1864 – March 28, 1931) was an American executive in professional baseball who served as the founder and first president of the American League (AL). Johnson developed the AL—a descendant of the mino ...

presented Mayor Pingree with a ball. Former Detroit catcher Charlie Bennett, crippled in a train accident on e year earlier, was presented to a loud ovation, and Pingree threw the first pitch to him. * May 8 – Woman protested at the State Capitol in advance of a vote on a bill granting women the right to vote. The bill narrowly failed to receiver the required super majority. * May 13 – The cornerstone was laid for Detroit Central High School (now known as

Old Main Old Main is a term often applied to the original building present on college or university campuses in the United States. The building serves today as home to administrative offices, such as the president or provost, but in its early inception may ...

on Wayne State's campus. Mayor Pingree and 1,500 high school student attended the ceremony. * May 19 – The United States Geological Survey's annual report on the world's iron ore resources showed that Michigan remained the country's leading producer with 4.4 million tons produced in 1894. Michigan had been the country's leading producer of iron ore for six consecutive years. * May 31 – The steamer ''Norman'', of the Menominee line, sunk with the loss of life of three crew members after it was struck by a Canadian boat ''Jack'' in heavy fog off Middle island in Lake Huron near Alpena.

June

* June 5 – Oscar C. Fischer, age 28 of Detroit's Fischer Brothers firm, was arrested after he shot and killed Hugh McAfee, a constable of Springwells Township, after a dispute two days earlier at Frank Hall's saloon. Fischer claimed he acted in self defense after McAfee attacked him. * June 9 – A fire in Kalamazoo destroyed one of that city's most important business blocks, causing $300,000 in damage. The fire started at Dewing & Sons lumber yard, where two young men were suspected of starting the blaze. The fire was blown west along Burdick Street and north to a warehouse by the wind along Kalamazoo fire department was assisted by a unit from Battle Creek. There were no fatalities. * June 12 – A contest for control of Michigan's Republican Party, between factions loyal to Detroit Mayor Hazen S. Pingree and Joseph M. Weiss ended in victory for the Pingree faction. Frank A. Rasch was chosen as the new party chairman, replacing Weiss.

November

* November – A. Baushke & Bro. announced plans to build a factory in

Benton Harbor, Michigan Benton Harbor is a city in Berrien County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is 46 miles southwest of Kalamazoo and 71 miles southwest of Grand Rapids. According to the 2020 census, its population was 9,103. It is the smaller, by population, o ...

, to build their horseless carriages under the name Benton Harbor Motor Carriage Company. The Baushke automobile predated the earliest automobile of

Henry Ford Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was an American industrialist, business magnate, founder of the Ford Motor Company, and chief developer of the assembly line technique of mass production. By creating the first automobile that ...

and is "believed to be the first motorized vehicle built completely from scratch."

Births

* February 18 –

George Gipp George Gipp (February 18, 1895 – December 14, 1920), nicknamed "The Gipper", was a college football player at the University of Notre Dame under head coach Knute Rockne. Gipp was selected as Notre Dame's first Walter Camp All-American, and ...

, All-American football player for Notre Dame who was the subject of Knute Rockne's famous "Win just one for the Gipper" speech, in

Laurium, Michigan Laurium (; or ) is a village in Calumet Township, Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan, in the center of the Keweenaw Peninsula. The population was 1,977 at the 2010 census. The village is mostly surrounded by Calumet Township, with ...

Deaths

* March 5 – Charles Lanman, author of "The History of Michigan" and "Michigan Red Book", government official, artist, librarian, and explorer, at age 81 in

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* March 20 – Philip St. George Cooke, U.S. Army cavalry officer who served as a Union general in the American Civil War, noted for his authorship of an Army cavalry manual, and sometimes called the "Father of the U.S. Cavalry", at age 85 in Detroit * March 24 – James Battle, fire chief in Detroit for 35 years and namesake of the '' James Battle'', in Detroit * April 9 – Cyrus Lovell, speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives (1855–1856), at age 90 * May 12 – Theodore H. Hinchman, a leading Detroit businessman, at age 78 in Detroit * May 19 – William Adair, a Detroit resident since 1834, state senator and nursery operator, at age 80 in Detroit

References

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