Events from the year 1887 in Michigan.
Office holders
State office holders
Governor of Michigan: Russell A. Alger (Republican) (until January 1), Cyrus G. Luce (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Michigan: Archibald Buttars (Republican) (until January 1), James H. MacDonald (Republican) (starting January 1) Michigan Attorney General: Moses Taggart Michigan Secretary of State: Gilbert R. Osmun (Republican) State Land Commissioner: Roscoe D. Dix (Republican) Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives: Daniel P. Markey (Republican) Chief Justice, Michigan Supreme Court: Thomas R. Sherwood
Mayors of major cities
Mayor of Detroit: Marvin H. Chamberlain Mayor of Flint: Mathew Davison Mayor of Grand Rapids: Edmund B. Dikeman Mayor of Lansing: Jacob F. Schultz Mayor of Saginaw: Henry M. Youmans (Democratic) Mayor of Ann Arbor: Willard B. Smith
Federal office holders
U.S. Senator from Michigan: Omar D. Conger/Francis B. Stockbridge (both Republican) U.S. Senator from Michigan: Thomas W. Palmer (Republican) House District 1: William C. Maybury/John Logan Chipman (both Democratic) House District 2: Nathaniel B. Eldredge (Democratic)/Edward P. Allen (Republican) House District 3: James O'Donnell (Republican) House District 4: Julius C. Burrows (Republican) House District 5: Charles C. Comstock/Melbourne H. Ford (both Democratic) House District 6: Edwin B. Winans (Democratic)/Mark S. Brewer (Republican) House District 7: Ezra C. Carleton/Justin Rice Whiting (both Democratic) House District 8: Timothy E. Tarsney (Democratic) House District 9: Byron M. Cutcheon (Republican) House District 10: Spencer O. Fisher (Democratic) House District 11: Seth C. Moffatt (Republican)
Population
Sports
Baseball
1887 Detroit Wolverines season – Under manager Bill Watkins, the Wolverines won the 1887 National League pennant, then defeated the St. Louis Browns in the 1887 World Series. It was the first World Series championship for Detroit.the team's statistical leaders included Sam Thompson with a .372 batting average and 166 RBIs, Dan Brouthers with 12 home runs, Ned Hanlon with 69 stolen bases, and Pretzels Getzien with 29 wins. Thompson, Brouthers, and Hanlon have been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. 1887 Michigan Wolverines baseball season - The Wolverines compiled a 3–4 record. Lincoln MacMillan was the team captain.
American football 1887 Michigan Wolverines football team – The Wolverines compiled a 5–0 record and outscored their opponents by a total of 102 to 10. The team captain was John L. Duffy.
Chronology of events
January January 18 - The two houses of the Michigan Legislature elected Francis B. Stockbridge to represent Michigan in the United States Senate.
February
April April 6 - Detroit Athletic Club organized with signing of articles of incorporation by 29 founders.
May
June
July July 7 - Michigan Supreme Court decides Sherwood v. Walker
August
November
December December 19 - The Detroit Symphony Orchestra performed the first concert of its first subscription season at the Detroit Opera House.
Births January 20 - Rebecca Shelley, antiwar activist who attended U-M and lived in Battle Creek, in Pennsylvania April 10 - H. G. Salsinger, sports editor of The Detroit News (1909-1958), in Ohio May 24 - James K. Watkins, U-M football player and Detroit police commissioner June 12 - Pop McKale, coach of football and basketball at Arizona, in Lansing, Michigan August 16 - Albert Benbrook, All-American U-M football player, in Texas September 15 - Ruth Thompson, represented Michigan in Congress (1951–1957), in Whitehall, Michigan September 28 - Avery Brundage, president of the International Olympic Committee (1952-1972), in Detroit October 4 - Ray Fisher, U-M baseball coach for 38 years, in Vermont
Gallery of 1887 births
Deaths
January 2 - John Stoughton Newberry, represented Michigan in Congress (1879-1881), at age 60 in Detroit March 3 - Edward Breitung, represented Michigan in Congress (1883-1885), at age 55 in Eastman, Georgia April 24 - David Preston, banker, philanthropist, and politician, at age 60 in Detroit May 19 - Charles E. Stuart, represented Michigan in the U.S. Senate (1853-1859), at age 76 in Kalamazoo December 16 - John Clough Holmes, founder of what became Michigan State University, at age 78 in Detroit December 22 - Seth C. Moffatt, represented Michigan in Congress (1885-1887), at age 46 in Washington, D.C.
Gallery of 1887 deaths
See also History of Michigan History of Detroit
References