1901 in Michigan

none 1901 1901 Events from the year 1901 in Michigan. 3 Office holders right|thumb|140px|Gov. Aaron Bliss State office holders Governor of Michigan: Hazen S. Pingree/Aaron T. Bliss (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Michigan: Orrin W. Robinson (Republican) Michigan Attorney General: Horace M. Oren Michigan Secretary of State: Fred M. Warner (Republican) State Land Commissioner: Edwin A. Wildey (Republican) Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives: John J. Carton (Republican) Chief Justice, Michigan Supreme Court: Robert Morris Montgomery Mayors of major cities right|thumb|125px|Mayor Wm. Maybury Mayor of Detroit: William C. Maybury (Democrat) Mayor of Grand Rapids: George R. Perry Mayor of Flint: Charles A. Cummings/Clark B. Dibble Mayor of Ann Arbor: Gottlob Luick/Royal S. Copeland Mayor of Lansing: Benjamin A. Kyes Mayor of Saginaw: William B. Baum Federal office holders right|thumb|125px|Sen. Julius Burrows U.S. Senator from Michigan: Julius C. Burrows (Republican) U.S. Senator from Michigan: James McMillan (Republican) House District 1: John Blaisdell Corliss (Republican) House District 2: Henry C. Smith (Republican) House District 3: Washington Gardner (Republican) House District 4: Edward L. Hamilton (Republican) House District 5: William Alden Smith (Republican) House District 6: Samuel William Smith (Republican) House District 7: Edgar Weeks (Republican) House District 8: Joseph W. Fordney (Republican) House District 9: Roswell P. Bishop (Republican) House District 10: Rousseau Owen Crump (Republican)/Henry H. Aplin (Republican) House District 11: William S. Mesick (Republican)/Archibald B. Darragh (Republican) House District 12: Carlos D. Shelden (Republican) Population Sports Baseball right|thumb|110px|Jimmy Barrett 1901 Detroit Tigers season – The Tigers finished in third place in the inaugural season of the American League with a record of 74–61. Roscoe Miller (23–13) became the Tigers' first 20-game winner. The team's best hitters were shortstop Kid Elberfeld (.308 average) and center fielder Jimmy Barrett (.293 average; 110 runs).1901 Detroit Tigers Statistics Sports Reference LLC Baseball-Reference.com July 10, 2017 https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DET/1901.shtml 1901 Michigan Wolverines baseball season – Under head coach Frank Sexton, the Wolverines compiled a 13–8 record (8–2 in conference) and won the Western Conference championship.2012 University of Michigan Baseball Record Book University of Michigan 2012 August 9, 2017 22, 62 http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/mich/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/bsb-recordbook-2012.pdf March 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304120456/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/mich/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/bsb-recordbook-2012.pdf dead Edwin McGinnis was the team captain.2012 U-M Baseball Record Book, p. 13. American football right|thumb|200px|1901 Michigan football team 1901 Michigan Wolverines football team – In their first year under head coach Fielding H. Yost, the team compiled a perfect 11–0 record, outscored its opponents by a combined total of 550 to 0, and defeated Stanford by a 49 to 0 score in the inaugural Rose Bowl game.1901 Football Team University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library July 10, 2017 https://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/football/fbteam/1901fbt.htm 1901 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team – Under head coach George Denman, the Aggies compiled a 3–4–1 record and outscored their opponents 120 to 94.2016 Football Media Guide Michigan State University 146, 150 June 14, 2017 http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/msu/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/msu-media-guide-history-145-19.pdf January 17, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170117203046/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/msu/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/msu-media-guide-history-145-19.pdf dead 1901 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team – Under head coach Clayton Teetzel, the Normalites compiled a record of 3–5 and were outscored by a combined total of 167 to 58. Phillip E. Dennis was the team captain.2015 Eastern Michigan Football Digital Media Guide Eastern Michigan University Football June 30, 2016 158, 170 http://www.emueagles.com/custompages/football/2015/2015EMUFBGuide_072215small.pdf 1901 Detroit Titans football team – Under head coach John C. Mackey, the team compiled a 3–3 record and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 66 to 58. Chronology of events January 1 – Aaron T. Bliss, a Republican from Saginaw, was sworn in as Governor of Michigan in a ceremony in Lansing.It Is Now Gov. Bliss: Saginaw Man Sworn in by Chief Justice Montgomery Detroit Free Press January 2, 1901 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12299071/it_is_now_governor_bliss/ Newspapers.com May 1 – U.S. Representative Rousseau Owen Crump, who represented Michigan's 10th congressional district, died in office.https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=C000957 CRUMP, Rousseau Owen (1843–1901) Biographical Directory of the United States Congress May 13, 2020 October 15 – Henry H. Aplin is seated to fill the vacancy left in the United States House of Representatives by Rousseau Owen Crump's death.https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=A000265 APLIN, Henry Harrison (1841–1910) Biographical Directory of the United States Congress May 13, 2020 Births March 3 – Gwen Wakeling, Academy Award-winning costume designer, in Detroit March 25 – Evo Anton DeConcini, Attorney General of Arizona, and a Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court, in Iron Mountain, Michigan May 28 – Paul G. Goebel, All-American football end and Mayor of Grand Rapids, in Grand Rapids August 15 – Les Sweetland, Major League Baseball pitcher from 1927 to 1931, in St. Ignace, Michigan August 15 – Jack Fleischman, American football lineman, in Monroe, Michigan October 10 – John R. Emens, President of Ball State University from 1945 to 1968, in Prattville, Michigan November 13 – Werner Emmanuel Bachmann, chemist and pioneer in steroid synthesis, in Detroit Date unknown – Leonard Peter Schultz, ichthyologist and expert on shark attacks, in Albion, Michigan Date unknown – Nell Scott, first woman to serve in Alaska Territorial Legislature, in Marengo, Michigan Date unknown – Forman Brown, leader in puppet theater and early gay novelist, in Otsego, Michigan Date unknown – Douglas V. Steere, professor of philosophy and Quaker ecumenist, in Harbor Beach, Michigan Deaths March 11 – Charles T. Gorham, one of the founders of the Republican party, an anti-slavery activist, a division commander in the Michigan Militia, United States Ambassador to the Netherlands, Assistant Secretary of the Interior, at age 89 in Marshall, MichiganEnd of a Long and Busy Life: Hon. Charles T. Gorham, of Marshall, Is Dead Detroit Free Press March 13, 1901 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12297734/end_of_a_long_and_busy_life_hon/ Newspapers.com March 18 – Mark S. Brewer, former U.S. Congressman and Civil Service Commissioner, at age 64 in Washington, D.C.Mark S. Brewer Passes Away Detroit Free Press March 19, 1901 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12298048/mark_s_brewer_passes_away/ March 26 – George Willard, former U.S. Congressman who was instrumental in opening the University of Michigan to women, in Battle Creek, MichiganGeo. Willard Is Dead: Battle Creek's Most Prominent Citizen Passes Away Detroit Free Press March 27, 1901 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12297976/geo_willard_is_dead/ Newspapers.com May 1 – Rousseau Owen Crump, U.S. Representatives (1895–1901), died in office at age 57 in West Bay City June 18 – Hazen S. Pingree, former mayor of Detroit and Governor of Michigan, while traveling in London, EnglandBattle of Life Ended for Ex-Gov. Hazen S. Pingree Detroit Free Press June 19, 1901 1–2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12297816/battle_of_life_ended_for_exgov_hazen/ Newspapers.com August 13 – Sanford M. Green, Michigan Supreme Court Justice (1848–1857), at age 94https://www.micourthistory.org/justices/sanford-green/ Sanford Green Michigan Supreme Historical Society October 21, 2023 October 29 – Leon Czolgosz, assassin of Pres. William McKinley and a native of Alpena, Michigan, in electric chairHis Crime Has Been Expiated: Czolgosz Gave His Life for That of the President Detroit Free Press October 30, 1901 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12297903/his_crime_has_been_expiated_czolgosz/ Newspapers.com See also History of Michigan History of Detroit References 30em