Events from the year 1905 in Michigan.

Office holders

State office holders

* Governor of Michigan: Fred M. Warner (

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) * Lieutenant Governor of Michigan: Alexander Maitland (Republican) *

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: John E. Bird *

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: George A. Prescott (Republican) * Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives: Sheridan F. Master (Republican) * Chief Justice,

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Mayors of major cities

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: George P. Codd (Republican) *

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: Edwin F. Sweet (Democrat) * Mayor of Saginaw: Henry E. Lee

Federal office holders

Russell Alexander Alger by The Detroit Publishing Co

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

Russell A. Alger Russell Alexander Alger (February 27, 1836 – January 24, 1907) was an American politician and businessman. He served as the 20th Governor of Michigan, U.S. Senator, and U.S. Secretary of War. He was supposedly a distant relation of author H ...

(Republican) * House District 1:

Alfred Lucking Alfred Lucking (December 18, 1856 – December 1, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, and was general counsel for the Ford Motor C ...

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 Monro ...

(Republican) * House District 12: H. Olin Young (Republican)

Population

Sports

Baseball

* 1905 Detroit Tigers season – The Tigers compiled a 79-74 record and finished in third place in the

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. The team's statistical leaders included

Sam Crawford Samuel Earl Crawford (April 18, 1880 – June 15, 1968), nicknamed "Wahoo Sam", was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball (MLB). Crawford batted and threw left-handed, stood tall and weighed . Born in Wahoo, Nebraska, he had a s ...

with 75 RBIs and a .297

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and

Ed Killian Edwin Henry Killian (November 12, 1876 – July 18, 1928), nicknamed "Twilight Ed" and the "Twilight Twirler", was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. Killian played professional baseball from 1902 to 1912, including seven ...

with a 23-14 record and a 2.27

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. * 1905 Michigan Wolverines baseball season - Under head coach Lew "Sport" McAllister, the Wolverines compiled a 16–3 record and won the Western Conference championship. Charles Campbell was the team captain.

American football

* 1905 Michigan Wolverines football team – Under head coach was Fielding H. Yost, the Wolverines compiled a 12–1, outscored its opponents by a combined total of 495 to 2, and lost the final game of the season by a score of 2–0 against the

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. *

1905 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team The 1905 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team represented Michigan Agricultural College (MAC) in the 1905 college football season. In their third year under head coach Chester Brewer Chester Leland Brewer (November 26, 1875 – Apri ...

– * 1905 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team -

Chronology of events

Births

* February 6 - Merze Tate, the first African-American graduate of Western Michigan Teachers College, first African-American woman to attend the University of Oxford, and first African-American woman to earn a Ph.D. in government and international relations from Harvard University, in Blanchard, Michigan * May 16 -

Ken Doherty Ken Doherty (born 17 September 1969) is an Irish professional snooker player, commentator and radio presenter. As an amateur, Doherty won the Irish Amateur Championship twice, the World Under-21 Amateur Championship and the World Amateur C ...

, decathlon champion, college track and field coach, author and longtime director of the Penn Relays, in Detroit * June 24 - Fred Alderman, sprint runner who won a gold medal in 4 × 400 m relay at the 1928 Summer Olympics, in

East Lansing, Michigan East Lansing is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. Most of the city lies within Ingham County with a smaller portion extending north into Clinton County. At the 2020 Census the population was 47,741. Located directly east of the state capital ...

* July 11 - Neil Staebler, Michigan Democratic Party leader, in Ann Arbor, Michigan * September 10 - William Clemens, film director (''

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'', ''

The Case of the Velvet Claws ''The Case of the Velvet Claws'' is a 1936 mystery film, based on the first Perry Mason novel (1933) by Erle Stanley Gardner and featuring the fourth and final appearance of Warren William as defense attorney Mason. Plot summary Mason finally ...

'' ''

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop ''The Case of the Stuttering Bishop'' is a 1937 drama film directed by William Clemens. It stars Donald Woods as Perry Mason and Ann Dvorak as Della Street, his secretary. Edward McWade plays the role of stuttering Bishop William Mallory. It i ...

''), in

Saginaw, Michigan Saginaw () is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the seat of Saginaw County. The city of Saginaw and Saginaw County are both in the area known as Mid-Michigan. Saginaw is adjacent to Saginaw Charter Township and considered part of Greater ...

* November 18 - William S. Carlson, President of the

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, State University of New York, and

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, in

Ironwood, Michigan Ironwood is a city in Gogebic County in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan, about south of Lake Superior. The city is on US Highway 2 across the Montreal River from Hurley, Wisconsin. It is the westernmost city in Michigan ...

* December 1 -

Charles Van Riper Charles Gage Van Riper (December 1, 1905 – September 25, 1994) was a renowned speech therapist who became internationally known as a pioneer in the development of speech pathology. A severe stutterer throughout his career, he is described as h ...

, internationally known pioneer in the development of speech pathology and treatment of stuttering, in

Champion Township, Michigan Champion Township is a civil township of Marquette County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 250. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which ...

Deaths

* March 4 - William B. Williams, represented Michigan in Congress (1873-1877), at age 78 in

Allegan, Michigan Allegan ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. Its population was 5,222 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Allegan County. It lies within Allegan Township but is administratively autonomous. History The men after whom Allegan's ...

* March 18 -

Cyrus G. Luce Cyrus Gray Luce (July 2, 1824 – March 18, 1905) was an American politician in the U.S. state of Michigan. He served as the 21st governor of Michigan. Early life in Ohio and Indiana Luce was born in Windsor, Ashtabula County, Ohio to his ...

, Governor of Michigan (1887-1891), at age 80 in

Coldwater, Michigan Coldwater is a city in Branch County, Michigan, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 10,945. It is the county seat of Branch County, located in the center of the southern border of Michigan. The city is surrounded by Co ...

* June 30 -

George Washington Peck George Washington Peck (June 4, 1818 – June 30, 1905) was a United States representative from the state of Michigan. Biography Peck was born in New York City and pursued classical studies, attending Yale College and studying law in New York ...

, Michigan Secretary of State (1848-1850) and Congressman from Michigan 4th District (1855-1857), at age 87 in

References

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