1875 in Michigan
Events from the year 1875 in Michigan.
Office holders
State office holders
- Governor of Michigan: John J. Bagley
- Lieutenant Governor of Michigan: Henry H. Holt
- 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
- Chief Justice, Michigan Supreme Court: Benjamin F. Graves
Mayors of major cities
- Mayor of Detroit: Hugh Moffat
- List of mayors of [Grand Rapids, Michigan|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
- List of [United States senators from Michigan|U.S. Senator from Michigan]: Zachariah Chandler /Isaac P. Christiancy
- List of [United States senators from Michigan|U.S. Senator from Michigan]: Thomas W. Ferry
- House District 1: Alpheus S. Williams
- House District 2: Henry Waldron
- House District 3: George Willard
- House District 4: Julius C. Burrows /Allen Potter
- House District 5: William B. Williams
- House District 6: Josiah Begole/George H. Durand
- House District 7: Omar D. Conger
- House District 8: Nathan B. Bradley
- House District 9: Jay Abel Hubbell
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.
Chronology of events
November
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, 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, Michigan|Hamilton Township, Van Buren County]
- May 16 – Daniel Dunakin, member of the Michigan House of Representatives, at age 65