# 1924 in Michigan

Events from the year 1924 in Michigan.

## Office holders
### State office holders

* Governor of Michigan: Alex J. Groesbeck (Republican)
* Lieutenant Governor of Michigan: Thomas Read (Republican)
* Michigan Attorney General: Andrew B. Dougherty (Republican)
* Michigan Secretary of State: Charles J. DeLand (Republican)
* Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives: George W. Welsh (Republican)
* Chief Justice, Michigan Supreme Court: George M. Clark

### Mayors of major cities

* Mayor of Detroit: John C. Lodge/John W. Smith
* Mayor of Grand Rapids: Julius Tisch/Elvin Swarthout
* Mayor of Flint: David R. Cuthbertson/Judson L. Transue
* Mayor of Lansing: Alfred H. Doughty
* Mayor of Saginaw: Ben N. Mercer
* Mayor of Ann Arbor: George E. Lewis

### Federal office holders

* U.S. Senator from Michigan: James J. Couzens (Republican)
* U.S. Senator from Michigan: Woodbridge N. Ferris (Democrat)
* House District 1: Robert H. Clancy (Democrat)
* House District 2: Earl C. Michener (Republican)
* House District 3: Arthur B. Williams (Republican)
* House District 4: John C. Ketcham (Republican)
* House District 5: Carl E. Mapes (Republican)
* House District 6: Grant M. Hudson (Republican)
* House District 7: Louis C. Cramton (Republican)
* House District 8: Bird J. Vincent (Republican)
* House District 9: James C. McLaughlin (Republican)
* House District 10: Roy O. Woodruff (Republican)
* House District 11: Frank D. Scott (Republican)
* House District 12: W. Frank James (Republican)
* House District 13: Clarence J. McLeod (Republican)

## Population

In the 1920 United States census, Michigan was recorded as having a population of 3,668,412, ranking as the seventh most populous state in the country. By 1930, Michigan's population had increased by 32.0% to 4,842,325.

### Cities

The following is a list of cities in Michigan with a population of at least 15,000 based on 1920 U.S. Census data. Historic census data from 1910 and 1930 is included to reflect trends in population increases or decreases.
| 1920 Rank | City | County | 1910 Pop. | 1920 Pop. | 1930 Pop. | Change 1920-30 |
| 1 | Detroit | Wayne | 465,766 | 993,678 | 1,568,662 | 57.9% |
| 2 | Grand Rapids | Kent | 112,571 | 137,634 | 168,592 | 22.5% |
| 3 | Flint | Genesee | 38,550 | 91,599 | 156,492 | 70.8% |
| 4 | Saginaw | Saginaw | 50,510 | 61,903 | 80,715 | 30.4% |
| 5 | Lansing | Ingham | 31,229 | 57,327 | 78,397 | 36.8% |
| 6 | Hamtramck | Wayne | 3,559 | 48,615 | 56,268 | 15.7% |
| 7 | Kalamazoo | Kalamazoo | 39,437 | 48,487 | 54,786 | 13.0% |
| 8 | Jackson | Jackson | 31,433 | 48,374 | 55,187 | 14.1% |
| 9 | Bay City | Bay | 45,166 | 47,554 | 47,355 | −0.4% |
| 10 | Highland Park | Wayne | 4,120 | 46,499 | 52,959 | 13.9% |
| 11 | Muskegon | Muskegon | 24,062 | 36,570 | 41,390 | 15.2% |
| 12 | Battle Creek | Calhoun | 25,267 | 36,164 | 45,573 | 26.0% |
| 13 | Pontiac | Oakland | 14,532 | 34,273 | 64,928 | 89.4% |
| 14 | Port Huron | St. Clair | 18,863 | 25,944 | 31,361 | 20.9% |
| 15 | Ann Arbor | Washtenaw | 14,817 | 19,516 | 26,944 | 38.1% |
| 16 | Ironwood | Gogebic | 12,821 | 15,739 | 14,299 | −9.1% |

### Boom cities of the 1920s

The 1920s saw an explosion of growth in the population of small cities near Detroit, with some communities growing more than three fold. Dearborn was the most extreme case, growing 20-fold from 2,470 to 50,358 persons.
| City | County | 1910 Pop. | 1920 Pop. | 1930 Pop. | Change 1920-30 |
| Warren | Macomb | 2,346 | 6,780 | 24,024 | 254.3% |
| Royal Oak | Oakland | 1,071 | 6,007 | 22,904 | 281.3% |
| Ferndale | Oakland | -- | 2,640 | 20,855 | 690.0% |
| Dearborn | Wayne | 911 | 2,470 | 50,358 | 1,938.8% |

### Counties

The following is a list of counties in Michigan with populations of at least 40,000 based on 1920 U.S. Census data. Historic census data from 1910 and 1930 are included to reflect trends in population increases or decreases.
| 1920 Rank | County | Largest city | 1910 Pop. | 1920 Pop. | 1930 Pop. | Change 1920-30 |
| 1 | Wayne | Detroit | 531,591 | 1,177,645 | 1,888,946 | 60.4% |
| 2 | Kent | Grand Rapids | 159,145 | 183,041 | 240,511 | 31.4% |
| 3 | Genesee | Flint | 64,555 | 125,668 | 211,641 | 68.4% |
| 4 | Saginaw | Saginaw | 89,290 | 100,286 | 120,717 | 20.4% |
| 5 | Oakland | Pontiac | 49,576 | 90,050 | 211,251 | 134.6% |
| 6 | Ingham | Lansing | 53,310 | 81,554 | 116,587 | 43.0% |
| 7 | Calhoun | Battle Creek | 56,638 | 72,918 | 87,043 | 19.4% |
| 8 | Houghton | Houghton | 88,098 | 71,930 | 52,851 | -26.5% |
| 9 | Jackson | Jackson | 53,426 | 72,539 | 92,304 | 27.2% |
| 10 | Kalamazoo | Kalamazoo | 60,327 | 71,225 | 91,368 | 28.3% |
| 11 | Bay | Bay City | 68,238 | 69,548 | 69,474 | -0.1% |
| 12 | Berrien | Niles | 53,622 | 62,653 | 81,066 | 29.4% |
| 13 | Muskegon | Muskegon | 40,577 | 62,362 | 84,630 | 35.7% |
| 14 | St. Clair | Port Huron | 52,341 | 58,009 | 67,563 | 16.5% |
| 15 | Washtenaw | Ann Arbor | 44,714 | 49,520 | 65,530 | 32.3% |
| 16 | Lenawee | Adrian | 47,907 | 47,767 | 49,849 | 4.4% |
| 17 | Ottawa | Holland | 45,301 | 47,660 | 54,858 | 15.1% |
| 18 | Marquette | Marquette | 46,739 | 45,786 | 44,076 | −3.7% |

## Sports
### Baseball

* 1924 Detroit Tigers season – Under player-manager Ty Cobb, the Tigers compiled an 82–72 record and finished third in the American League. The team's statistical leaders included Johnny Bassler with a .346 batting average, Harry Heilmann with 10 home runs and 114 RBIs, and Cobb with 211 hits. Earl Whitehill led the pitching staff with a 17–9 record and 233 innings pitched.
* 1924 Michigan Wolverines baseball season –

### American football

* 1924 Michigan Wolverines football team – Under head coach George Little, the Wolverines compiled a 6–2 record, outscored opponents by a combined score of 155 to 54, and finished fourth in the Big Ten Conference. Quarterback Tod Rockwell led the team in scoring.
* 1924 Michigan State Spartans football team – Under head coach Ralph H. Young, the Spartans compiled a 5–3 record.
* 1924 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team – Under head coach James Brown, the Normalites compiled a 2–5–1 record.
* 1924 Detroit Titans football team – Under head coach James F. Duffy, the Titans finished with a 4–5 record.
* 1924 Central Michigan Normalites football team – Under head coach Lester Barnard, the Central Michigan football team compiled a 7–1 record.
* 1924 Western State Hilltoppers football team – Under head coach Earl Martineau, the Hilltoppers compiled a 5–1–1 record.

### Basketball

* 1923–24 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team – Under head coach E. J. Mather, the Wolverines compiled a 10–7 record. Howard M. Birks was the team captain.

### Ice hockey

* 1923–24 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey team –

### Other

* Michigan Open

## Chronology of events
### November

* November 4 - A number of elections occurred, including:
** President of the United States - Incumbent president Calvin Coolidge won in Michigan with 75.37% of the popular vote.
** United States Senate - Incumbent Republican United States Senator James J. Couzens was for the first time elected to the Senate after being appointed to fill the vacancy left by Truman Handy Newberry's resignation in 1922.
** United States House of Representatives - All of Michigan's 13 U.S. Representatives won re-election except for Democrat Robert H. Clancy, who was defeated by Republican John B. Sosnowski, making Michigan's delegation to the House entirely Republican.
** Michigan Governor - Incumbent Republican governor, Alex J. Groesbeck, defeated Democratic nominee Edward Frensdorf.
** Michigan House of Representatives - Cora Reynolds Anderson became the first woman and the first Native American to be elected to the state House.

### December
## Births

* January 1 – Arthur Danto, art critic and professor, in Ann Arbor, MI
* January 31 – A. Alfred Taubman, businessman, in Pontiac, MI
* March 6 – Ed Mierkowicz, baseball outfielder, in Wyandotte, MI
* April 18 – Connie Binsfeld, 60th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, in Munising, MI
* May 3 – Isadore Singer, mathematician, in Detroit
* June 3 – Jay Van Andel, co-founder of Amway, in Grand Rapids, MI
* July 10 – Major Holley, jazz upright bassist, in Detroit
* July 22 – Margaret Whiting, singer, in Detroit
* July 23 – Avern Cohn, federal judge, in Detroit
* October 15 – Lee Iacocca, automobile executive, in Allentown, PA
* December 6 – Dorothy Comstock Riley, lawyer and judge, in Detroit
* December 31 – Frank J. Kelley, Michigan Attorney General (1961–1999), in Detroit

### Gallery of 1924 births
## Deaths

* May 11 - Moses Fleetwood Walker, first African-American to play MLB and a U-M alumnus, at age 67 in Cleveland
* August 3 - Charles E. Townsend, United States Senator from Michigan (1911-1923), at age 67 in Jackson
* August 25 - John Owen, set world record in 100-yard dash, at age 63 in a horseback riding accident on Mackinac Island

### Gallery of 1924 deaths

* Moses Fleetwood Walker