1927 in Michigan

Events from the year 1927 in Michigan.

State office holders

 * Governor of Michigan: Fred W. Green (Republican)
 * Lieutenant Governor of Michigan: George W. Welsh (Republican)/Luren Dickinson (Republican)
 * Michigan Attorney General: William W. Potter
 * Michigan Secretary of State: Charles J. DeLand (Republican)/John S. Haggerty (Republican)
 * Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives: Lynn C. Gardner (Republican)
 * Chief Justice, Michigan Supreme Court:

Mayors of major cities

 * Mayor of Detroit: John W. Smith
 * Mayor of Grand Rapids:
 * Mayor of Flint: Judson L. Transue
 * Mayor of Lansing: Laird J. Troyer
 * Mayor of Saginaw:

Federal office holders

 * U.S. Senator from Michigan: James J. Couzens (Republican)
 * U.S. Senator from Michigan: Woodbridge N. Ferris (Democrat)
 * House District 1: John B. Sosnowski (Republican)/Robert H. Clancy (Republican)
 * House District 2: Earl C. Michener (Republican)
 * House District 3: Joseph L. Hooper (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)/Frank P. Bohn (Republican)
 * House District 12: W. Frank James (Republican)
 * House District 13: Clarence J. McLeod (Republican)

Baseball

 * 1927 Detroit Tigers season – Under manager George Moriarty, the Tigers compiled an 82–71 record and finished in fourth place in the American League. The team's statistical leaders included Harry Heilmann with a .398 batting average, 14 home runs and 120 RBIs, and Earl Whitehill with 16 wins and a 3.36 earned run average.

American football

 * 1927 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team – Under head coach Elton Rynearson, the Normalites compiled a perfect 8–0 record, won the Michigan Collegiate Conference championship, shut out six of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 186 to 13.
 * 1927 Central Michigan Bearcats football team – Under head coach Wallace Parker, the Bearcats compiled a 7–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 124 to 37.
 * 1927 Detroit Titans football team – Under head coach Gus Dorais, the Titans compiled a 7–2 record and outscored all opponents by a combined 235 to 47.
 * 1927 Michigan Wolverines football team – Under head coach Tad Wieman, the Wolverines compiled a 6–2 record and finished in third place in the Big Ten Conference. End Bennie Oosterbaan was a consensus All-American.
 * 1927 Michigan State Spartans football team – Under head coach Ralph H. Young, the Spartans compiled a 4–5 record.
 * 1927 Western State Hilltoppers football team – Under head coach Earl Martineau, the Hilltoppers compiled a 3–4 record and outscored their opponents, 100 to 72.

Basketball

 * 1926–27 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team – Under head coach E. J. Mather, the Wolverines compiled a 14–3 record and won the Big Ten Conference championship.

Ice hockey

 * 1926–27 Detroit Cougars season – Under coaches Art Duncan and Duke Keats, the Cougars compiled a 12–28–4 record. Johnny Sheppard led the team with 13 goals, 8 assists, and 21 points. Hap Holmes was the team's goaltender.

Births

 * August 6 - William D. Ford, U.S. Congressman (1965-1993), in Detroit
 * September 14 - Edmund Szoka, Archbishop of Detroit (1981–1990), in Grand Rapids

Deaths

 * January 9 - Amherst B. Cheney, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (1877–1880), 1888 Prohibition nominee for governor, at age 85 in Sparta
 * May 18 -
 * Andrew Kehoe, spree killer who initiated the Bath School disaster, suicide by explosives at age 55 in Bath Township
 * The 44 victims of the Bath School disaster