1923 in Michigan

Events from the year 1923 in Michigan.

State office holders

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

Mayors of major cities

 * Mayor of Detroit: John C. Lodge (Republican)/Frank Ellsworth Doremus (Democrat)
 * Mayor of Grand Rapids: William Oltman/Julius Tisch
 * Mayor of Flint: William H. McKeighan/David R. Cuthbertson
 * Mayor of Lansing: Silas F. Main/Alfred H. Doughty

Federal office holders

 * U.S. Senator from Michigan: James J. Couzens (Republican)
 * U.S. Senator from Michigan: Charles E. Townsend (Republican)/ Woodbridge N. Ferris (Democrat)
 * House District 1: George P. Codd (Republican)/ Robert H. Clancy (Democrat)
 * House District 2: Earl C. Michener (Republican)
 * House District 3: John M. C. Smith (Republican)/ Arthur B. Williams (Republican)
 * House District 4: John C. Ketcham (Republican)
 * House District 5: Carl E. Mapes (Republican)
 * House District 6: Patrick H. Kelley (Republican)/ Grant M. Hudson (Republican)
 * House District 7: Louis C. Cramton (Republican)
 * House District 8: Joseph W. Fordney (Republican)/ 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: Vincent M. Brennan (Republican)/ Clarence J. McLeod (Republican)

Baseball

 * 1921 Detroit Tigers season – Under player-manager Ty Cobb, the Tigers compiled a 71–82 record and finished third in the American League. The team's statistical leaders included Harry Heilmann with a .394 batting average, 19 home runs, and 139 RBIs, and Ty Cobb with 124 runs scored. The team's pitching leaders were Howard Ehmke 13 wins and Dutch Leonard with a 3.75 earned run average.

American football

 * 1921 Michigan Wolverines football team – In their 21st season under head coach Fielding H. Yost, the Wolverines compiled a 5–1–1 record, outscored opponents 187–21, and finished fifth in the Big Ten.
 * 1921 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team – Under head coach Albert Barron, the Aggies compiled a 3–5 record and were outscored by opponents, 126 to 68.
 * 1921 Western State Normal Hilltoppers football team – Under head coach William H. Spaulding, the Hilltoppers compiled a 6–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 262 to 40.
 * 1921 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team – Under head coach Joseph McCulloch, the Normalites compiled a record of 3–3 and outscored opponents by a total of 82 to 50.
 * 1921 Detroit Titans football team – Under head coach James F. Duffy, the Titans compiled an 8–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 245 to 24.
 * 1921 Detroit Junior College football team – Under head coach David Holmes, the Detroit Junior College team compiled a 6–0–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 165 to 0.
 * 1921 Central Michigan Normalites football team – Under head coach Wallace Parker, Central Michigan compiled a 7–2–1 record.

Basketball

 * 1920–21 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team – Under head coach E. J. Mather, the Wolverines compiled an 18–4 record and tied for first in the Big Ten Conference.

January

 * January 4 - Merlin Wiley resigned as Michigan Attorney General
 * January 4 - A gunfight in downtown Detroit results in the death of Detroit police detective Daniel J. Couglin.
 * January 5 - The announcement of a plan to purchase Isle Royale (later Isle Royale National Park) for $4 million to create a state park is met with opposition to the cost. The Detroit Free Press published front-page stories critical of the acquisition for six consecutive days.     Support for the plan waned in face of the opposition.
 * January 11 - Plans were announced for construction of the Book Cadillac Hotel in downtown Detroit.

May

 * May 9 - Southeastern Michigan recorded record snow fall for the month of May

Births

 * January 1 - Milt Jackson, jazz vibraphonist, in Detroit
 * March 6 - Ed McMahon, announcer on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962-1992), in Detroit
 * April 16 - Vito Giacalone, capo of the Detroit organized crime family
 * May 15 - Doris Dowling, actress (The Crimson Key), in Detroit
 * May 18 - Don Lund, baseball player, in Detroit
 * July 7 - Josephine Clay Ford, philanthropist and granddaughter of Henry Ford, in Dearborn
 * August 11 - Jack O'Dell, civil rights activist and writer, in Detroit
 * August 12 - Garry E. Brown, U.S. House of Representatives (1967-1979)
 * November 6 - Robert P. Griffin, U.S. Senator (1966-1979), in Detroit
 * 1923 - Mitchell Hooks, illustrator, in Detroit

Deaths

 * January - Daniel E. Soper, Michigan Secretary of State (1891) involved with the Michigan relics hoax, in Chattanooga, Tennessee
 * April 17 - Fred M. Warner, Governor of Michigan (1905-1911), in Orlando, Florida
 * November 23 - Oscar Marx, mayor of Detroit (1913-1918), in Detroit
 * December 9 - Bill Donovan, Detroit Tigers pitcher (1903-1912), in Forsyth, New York
 * 1923 - Marvin H. Chamberlain, mayor of Detroit (1886-1887), in Woodstock Township, Michigan