Events from the year 1901 in Michigan.

Office holders

State office holders

Governor of Michigan The governor of Michigan is the head of state, head of government, and chief executive of the U.S. state of Michigan. The current governor is Gretchen Whitmer, a member of the Democratic Party, who was inaugurated on January 1, 2019, as the stat ...

: Aaron T. Bliss ( Republican) *

Lieutenant Governor of Michigan The lieutenant governor of Michigan is the second-ranking official in U.S. state of Michigan, behind the governor. The current lieutenant governor by default is Garlin Gilchrist, a Democrat, who has held the office since January 1, 2019. Proce ...

: Orrin W. Robinson (Republican) * Michigan Attorney General: Horace M. Oren * Michigan Secretary of State:

Fred M. Warner Fred Maltby Warner (July 21, 1865 – April 17, 1923) was an American politician. He served as the 26th governor of Michigan from 1905 to 1911. Birth in England and early life in Michigan Born in Hickling, Nottinghamshire, England, Warner spe ...

(Republican) * Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives: John J. Carton (Republican) * Chief Justice, Michigan Supreme Court:

Mayors of major cities

* Mayor of Detroit:

William C. Maybury William Cotter Maybury (November 20, 1848 – May 6, 1909) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Early life Maybury was born in Detroit, Michigan, on November 20, 1848, the son of Thomas Maybury. He attended public schools ...

(Democrat) *

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 ...

: George R. Perry *

Mayor of Saginaw This is a list of mayors of Saginaw, Michigan. City of East Saginaw 1859–1889 The City of East Saginaw was incorporated in 1859 and existed until it was consolidated with the City of Saginaw in 1889 (effective 1890). The City Charter was granted ...

: William B. Baum

Federal office holders

* U.S. Senator from Michigan:

Julius C. Burrows Julius Caesar Burrows (January 9, 1837November 16, 1915) was a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan. Early life and education Burrows was born in North East, Pennsylvania and moved then with his parents to Ashtabu ...

(Republican) * U.S. Senator from Michigan: James McMillan (Republican) * House District 1: John Blaisdell Corliss (Republican) * House District 2: Henry C. Smith (Republican) * House District 3:

Washington Gardner Washington Gardner (February 16, 1845 – March 31, 1928) was a lawyer, minister, politician and Civil War veteran from the U.S. state of Michigan. Biography Gardner was born in Morrow County, Ohio. He entered the Union Army and served in Com ...

(Republican) * House District 4:

Edward L. Hamilton Edward La Rue Hamilton (December 9, 1857 – November 2, 1923) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Hamilton was born in Niles Township, Michigan, where he attended grade school and graduated from the Niles High School in 1876. He ...

(Republican) * House District 5:

William Alden Smith William Alden Smith (May 12, 1859 – October 11, 1932) was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan. After the 1912 sinking of the ''Titanic'', Smith chaired the Senate hearings into the disaster. The audience ...

(Republican) * House District 6:

Samuel William Smith Samuel William Smith (August 23, 1852 – June 19, 1931), was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He was born in Independence Township and attended the common schools in Clarkston and Detroit. He began teaching school in 1869, serv ...

(Republican) *

House District 7 A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air condi ...

Edgar Weeks Edgar Weeks (August 3, 1839 – December 17, 1904) was a military officer, judge and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Biography Weeks was born in Mount Clemens, Michigan, where he attended the public schools and learned the printi ...

(Republican) * House District 8:

Joseph W. Fordney Joseph Warren Fordney (November 5, 1853 – January 8, 1932) was an American Republican politician from Saginaw, Michigan. He represented Saginaw County and the surrounding area of Central Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives for twenty-f ...

(Republican) * House District 9:

Roswell P. Bishop Roswell Peter Bishop (January 6, 1843 – March 4, 1920) was an American Civil War veteran, lawyer, and a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served six terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1895 to 1907. Early ...

(Republican) * House District 10: Rousseau Owen Crump (Republican)/ Henry H. Aplin (Republican) * House District 11: William S. Mesick (Republican)/

Archibald B. Darragh Archibald Bard Darragh (December 23, 1840 – February 21, 1927) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Life and politics Bard was born in La Salle Township, Michigan, and attended the common schools and a private academy in Mo ...

(Republican) * House District 12:

Carlos D. Shelden Carlos Douglas Shelden (June 10, 1840 – June 24, 1904) was a soldier and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Shelden was born in Walworth, Wisconsin and moved with his parents to Houghton County, Michigan in 1847. He attended the U ...

(Republican)

Population

Sports

Baseball

1901 Detroit Tigers season The 1901 Detroit Tigers season was the Tigers' first in Major League Baseball. The team was a charter member of the American League, which was originally formed as the minor-league Western League, of which it had also been a charter member. The ...

– The Tigers finished in third place in the inaugural season of the American League with a record of 74–61.

Roscoe Miller Roscoe Clyde Miller (December 2, 1876 – April 18, 1913) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played parts of four seasons (1901–1904) with the Detroit Tigers, New York Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates. For his career, ...

(23–13) became the Tigers' first 20-game winner. The team's best hitters were shortstop

Kid Elberfeld Norman Arthur "Kid" Elberfeld (April 13, 1875 – January 13, 1944) was an American professional baseball shortstop. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies (1898), Cincinnati Reds (1899), Detroit Tigers (1901–1903 ...

(.308 average) and center fielder Jimmy Barrett (.293 average; 110 runs). * 1901

Michigan Wolverines baseball The Michigan Wolverines baseball team represents the University of Michigan in NCAA Division I college baseball. Along with most other Michigan athletic teams, the baseball team participates in the Big Ten Conference. They play their home games ...

season – Under head coach Frank Sexton, the Wolverines compiled a 13–8 record (8–2 in conference) and won the Western Conference championship. Edwin McGinnis was the team captain.

American football

1901 Michigan Wolverines football team The 1901 Michigan Wolverines football team was an American football team that represented the University of Michigan in the Western Conference during the 1901 Western Conference football season. In their first year under head coach Fielding H. ...

– In their first year under head coach

Fielding H. Yost Fielding Harris Yost (; April 30, 1871 – August 20, 1946) was an American football player, coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at: Ohio Wesleyan University, the University of Nebraska, the University ...

, the team compiled a perfect 11–0 record, outscored its opponents by a combined total of 550 to 0, and defeated Stanford by a 49 to 0 score in the inaugural Rose Bowl game. *

1901 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team The 1901 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team was an American football team that represented Michigan Agricultural College (now known as Michigan State University) as an independent during the 1901 college football season. In its first ye ...

– Under head coach George Denman, the Aggies compiled a 3–4–1 record and outscored their opponents 120 to 94. * 1901 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team – Under head coach

Clayton Teetzel Clayton Tryon Teetzel (August 27, 1876 – July 29, 1948) was an American sportsman and athletic coach. He played American football and competed in track for the University of Michigan from 1897 to 1899 and later coached football, basketball and t ...

, the Normalites compiled a record of 3–5 and were outscored by a combined total of 167 to 58. Phillip E. Dennis was the team captain. * 1901 Detroit Titans football team – Under head coach

John C. Mackey John C. Mackey was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Detroit College—now known as the University of Detroit Mercy—for two seasons, from 1900 to 1901, compiling a record of 6–5. Head coaching record ...

, the team compiled a 3–3 record and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 66 to 58.

Chronology of events

* January 1 – Aaron T. Bliss, a Republican from Saginaw, was sworn in as Governor of Michigan in a ceremony in Lansing. * May 1 – U.S. Representative Rousseau Owen Crump, who represented Michigan's 10th congressional district, died in office. * October 15 – Henry H. Aplin is seated to fill the vacancy left in the United States House of Representatives by Rousseau Owen Crump's death.

Births

* March 3 – Gwen Wakeling, Academy Award-winning costume designer, in Detroit * March 25 – Evo Anton DeConcini, Attorney General of Arizona, and a Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court, in Iron Mountain, Michigan * May 28 –

Paul G. Goebel Paul Gordon Goebel (May 28, 1901 – January 26, 1988) was an American football end who played for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1920 to 1922. He was an All-American in 1921 and was the team's captain in 1922. He played profession ...

, All-American football end and

, in Grand Rapids * August 15 – Les Sweetland, Major League Baseball pitcher from 1927 to 1931, in

St. Ignace, Michigan St. Ignace is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Mackinac County. The city had a population of 2,452 at the 2010 census. St. Ignace Township is located just to the north of the city, but the two are administered autono ...

* August 15 –

Jack Fleischman Gofrid Jacob Fleischman (August 15, 1901 - April 27, 1988) was a professional American football player with the Detroit Panthers and the Providence Steam Roller of the National Football League (NFL). He was also named to the '' Green Bay Press-G ...

, American football lineman, in Monroe, Michigan * October 10 –

John R. Emens John R. Emens was born on October 10, 1901, on a small farm near Prattville, Michigan. At the beginning of his career he started out as a principal of Defer Junior High School in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan in 1920. Three years later he became ...

, President of

Ball State University Ball State University (Ball State, State or BSU) is a public university, public research university in Muncie, Indiana. It has two satellite facilities in Fishers, Indiana, Fishers and Indianapolis. On July 25, 1917, the Ball brothers, indust ...

from 1945 to 1968, in Prattville, Michigan * November 13 –

Werner Emmanuel Bachmann Werner Emmanuel Bachmann (November 13, 1901 – March 22, 1951) was an American chemist. Bachmann was born in Detroit, Michigan where he studied chemistry and chemical engineering at Wayne State University and later at the University of Michiga ...

, chemist and pioneer in

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, in Detroit * Date unknown – Leonard Peter Schultz,

ichthyologist Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including bony fish ( Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes), and jawless fish (Agnatha). According to FishBase, 33,400 species of fish had been described as of Octobe ...

and expert on shark attacks, in Albion, Michigan * Date unknown – Nell Scott, first woman to serve in Alaska Territorial Legislature, in Marengo, Michigan * Date unknown –

Forman Brown Forman Brown (January 8, 1901 – January 10, 1996) was one of the world's leaders in puppet theatre in his day, as well as an important early gay novelist. He was a member of the Yale Puppeteers and the driving force behind Turnabout Theatre. ...

, leader in puppet theater and early gay novelist, in Otsego, Michigan * Date unknown –

Douglas V. Steere Douglas Van Steere (August 31, 1901 – February 6, 1995) was an American Quaker ecumenist. Biography He served as a professor of philosophy at Haverford College from 1928 to 1964 and visiting professor of theology at Union Theological Seminary ...

, professor of philosophy and

Quaker Quakers are people who belong to a historically Protestant Christian set of Christian denomination, denominations known formally as the Religious Society of Friends. Members of these movements ("theFriends") are generally united by a belie ...

ecumenist Ecumenism (), also spelled oecumenism, is the concept and principle that Christians who belong to different Christian denominations should work together to develop closer relationships among their churches and promote Christian unity. The adjec ...

, in Harbor Beach, Michigan

Deaths

* March 11 – Charles T. Gorham, one of the founders of the Republican party, an anti-slavery activist, a division commander in the Michigan Militia, United States Ambassador to the Netherlands, Assistant Secretary of the Interior, at age 89 in

Marshall, Michigan Marshall is a U.S. city in Michigan. It is the county seat of Calhoun County. The population was 7,088 at the 2010 census. Marshall is best known for its cross-section of 19th- and early 20th-century architecture. It has been referred to by t ...

* March 18 –

Mark S. Brewer Mark Spencer Brewer (October 22, 1837 – March 18, 1901) was an American lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan who served four terms over two different stints in United States Congress , Congress between 1877 and 1891. Early li ...

, former U.S. Congressman and Civil Service Commissioner, at age 64 in Washington, D.C. * March 26 –

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 ...

, former U.S. Congressman who was instrumental in opening the University of Michigan to women, in

Battle Creek, Michigan Battle Creek is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan, in northwest Calhoun County, Michigan, Calhoun County, at the confluence of the Kalamazoo River, Kalamazoo and Battle Creek River, Battle Creek rivers. It is the principal city of the Battle C ...

* May 1 – Rousseau Owen Crump, U.S. Representatives (1895–1901), died in office at age 57 in West Bay City * June 18 –

Hazen S. Pingree Hazen Stuart Pingree (August 30, 1840 – June 18, 1901) was a four-term Republican mayor of Detroit (1889–1897) and the 24th Governor of the U.S. State of Michigan (1897–1901). A Yankee who migrated from New England, he was a successful Rep ...

, former mayor of Detroit and Governor of Michigan, while traveling in London, England * August 13 –

Sanford M. Green Sanford Moon Green (May 30, 1807 – August 13, 1901) was an American politician, lawyer, and jurist. Born in Grafton, New York, Green studied law and was admitted to the New York bar. In 1837, Green moved to Owosso, Michigan and continue to p ...

, Michigan Supreme Court Justice (1848–1857), at age 94 * October 29 – Leon Czolgosz, assassin of Pres. William McKinley and a native of Alpena, Michigan, in electric chair

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