1875 in Michigan

Events from the year 1875 in Michigan.

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: Peter R. L. Peirce
 * Mayor of Saginaw: Chauncey W. Wisner

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)

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