Events from the year 1875 in Michigan.
Office holders
State office holders Governor of Michigan: John J. Bagley (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Michigan: Henry H. Holt (Republican) Michigan Attorney General: Isaac Marston/Andrew J. Smith Michigan Secretary of State: Daniel Striker/Ebenezer G. D. Holden State Land Commissioner: Leverett A. Clapp Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives: John Philo Hoyt (Republican) Chief Justice, Michigan Supreme Court: Benjamin F. Graves
Mayors of major cities
Mayor of Detroit: Hugh Moffat (Republican) Mayor of Grand Rapids: Julius Houseman Mayor of Flint: George H. Durand/Alexander McFarland Mayor of Saginaw: Chauncey W. Wisner Mayor of Lansing, Michigan: Daniel W. Buck Mayor of Ann Arbor: Hiram J. Beakes/Edward D. Kinne
Federal office holders
U.S. Senator from Michigan: Zachariah Chandler (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 (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 (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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December
Births
January 31 – Horace B. Carpenter, silent movie actor, director, and screenwriter, in Grand Rapids, Michigan February 22 – James Kirkwood Sr., 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
See also History of Michigan History of Detroit
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