# 1875 in Michigan

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
* 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

In the 1870 United States census, Michigan was recorded as having a population of 1,184,059. By 1880, Michigan's population had increased by 38.2% to 1,636,937.

### Cities

The following is a list of cities in Michigan with a population of at least 5,000 based on 1870 U.S. Census data. Historic census data from 1860 and 1880 is included to reflect trends in population increases or decreases. Where available, figures from the 1874 Michigan state census are also included
| 1870 Rank | City | County | 1860 | 1870 | 1874 | 1880 | Change 1870-1880 |
| 1 | Detroit | Wayne | 45,619 | 79,577 | 101,255 | 116,340 | 46.2% |
| 2 | Grand Rapids | Kent | 8,085 | 16,507 | 25,989 | 32,016 | 94.0% |
| 3 | Jackson | Jackson | 5,000 | 14,447 | 13,860 | 16,105 | 11.5% |
| 4 | Kalamazoo | Kalamazoo | 6,070 | 9,181 | 10,000 | 11,937 | 30.0% |
| 5 | Adrian | Lenawee | 6,213 | 8,438 | 8,866 | 7,849 | −7.0% |
| 6 | Saginaw | Saginaw | 1,699 | 7,460 | 10,064 | 10,525 | 41.1% |
| 7 | Ann Arbor | Washtenaw | 5,097 | 7,363 | 6,692 | 8,061 | 9.5% |
| 8 | Bay City | Bay | 1,583 | 7,064 | 13,767 | 20,693 | 192.9% |
| 9 | Muskegon | Muskegon | 1,450 | 6,002 | 9,000 | 11,262 | 87.6% |
| 10 | Port Huron | St. Clair | 4,371 | 5,973 | 8,240 | 8,883 | 48.7% |
| 11 | Battle Creek | Calhoun | 3,509 | 5,838 | 6,000 | 7,063 | 21.0% |
| 12 | Ypsilanti | Washtenaw | 3,955 | 5,471 | 5,211 | 4,984 | −8.9% |
| 13 | Flint | Genesee | 2,950 | 5,386 | 4,200 | 8,409 | 56.1% |
| 14 | Lansing | Ingham | 3,074 | 5,241 | 7,445 | 8,319 | 58.7% |
| 15 | Monroe | Monroe | 3,892 | 5,086 | 6,000 | 4,930 | −3.1% |

### Counties

The following is a list of counties in Michigan with populations of at least 30,000 based on 1870 U.S. Census data. Historic census data from 1860 and 1880 are included to reflect trends in population increases or decreases.
| 1870 Rank | County | Largest city | 1860 Pop. | 1870 Pop. | 1880 Pop. | Change 1870-1880 |
| 1 | Wayne | Detroit | 75,547 | 119,068 | 168,444 | 41.5% |
| 2 | Kent | Grand Rapids | 30,716 | 50,403 | 73,253 | 45.3% |
| 3 | Lenawee | Adrian | 38,112 | 45,595 | 48,343 | 6.0% |
| 4 | Washtenaw | Ann Arbor | 35,686 | 41,434 | 41,848 | 1.0% |
| 5 | Oakland | Pontiac | 38,261 | 40,867 | 41,537 | 1.8% |
| 6 | Saginaw | Saginaw | 12,693 | 39,097 | 59,095 | 51.1% |
| 7 | St. Clair | Port Huron | 26,604 | 36,661 | 46,197 | 26.0% |
| 8 | Calhoun | Battle Creek | 29,564 | 36,569 | 38,452 | 5.1% |
| 9 | Jackson | Jackson | 26,671 | 36,047 | 42,031 | 16.6% |
| 10 | Berrien | Niles | 22,378 | 35,104 | 36,785 | 4.8% |
| 11 | Genesee | Flint | 22,498 | 33,900 | 39,220 | 15.7% |
| 12 | Kalamazoo | Kalamazoo | 24,646 | 32,054 | 34,342 | 7.1% |
| 13 | Hillsdale | Hillsdale | 25,675 | 31,684 | 32,723 | 3.3% |

## 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.

## 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