1905 in Michigan

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See also:	History of Michigan; Historical outline of Michigan; List of years in Michigan; 1905 in the United States;

Events from the year 1905 in Michigan.

Office holders[edit]

Population[edit]

In the 1900 United States census, Michigan was recorded as having a population of 2,420,982, ranking as the ninth most populous state in the country. By 1910, Michigan's population had increased by 16.1% to 2,810,173 .

Cities[edit]

The following is a list of cities in Michigan with a population of at least 10,000 based on 1900 U.S. census data. Historic census data from 1890 and 1910 is included to reflect trends in population increases or decreases. In recent decades, all of the state's most populous cities lie in the southern half of the lower peninsula. In 1900, owing largely to an economy based on extraction of natural resources, five of the state's largest cities were located north of 44° latitude; in the chart below, these cities are shaded in aqua.

1900 Rank	City	County	1890 Pop.	1900 Pop.	1910 Pop.	Change 1900-10
1	Detroit	Wayne	205,876	285,704	465,766	63.0%
2	Grand Rapids	Kent	60,278	87,565	112,571	28.6%
3	Saginaw	Saginaw	46,322	42,345	50,510	19.3%
4	Bay City	Bay	27,839	27,628	45,166	63.5%
5	Jackson	Jackson	20,798	25,180	31,433	24.8%
6	Kalamazoo	Kalamazoo	17,853	24,404	39,437	61.6%
7	Muskegon	Muskegon	22,702	20,818	24,062	15.6%
8	Port Huron	St. Clair	13,543	19,158	18,863	−1.5%
9	Battle Creek	Calhoun	13,197	18,563	25,267	36.1%
10	Lansing	Ingham	13,102	16,485	31,229	89.4%
11	Ann Arbor	Washtenaw	9,431	14,509	14,817	2.1%
12	Manistee	Manistee	12,812	14,260	12,381	−13.2%
13	Flint	Genesee	9,803	13,103	38,550	194.2%
14	Menominee	Menominee	10,630	12,818	10,507	−18.0%
15	Alpena	Alpena	6,153	11,283	11,802	4.6%
16	Sault Ste. Marie	Chippewa	5,760	10,538	12,615	19.7%
17	Marquette	Marquette	9,098	10,058	11,503	14.4%

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Counties[edit]

The following is a list of counties in Michigan with populations of at least 40,000 based on 1900 U.S. census data. Historic census data from 1890 and 1910 are included to reflect trends in population increases or decreases.

1900 Rank	County	Largest city	1890 Pop.	1900 Pop.	1910 Pop.	Change 1900-10
1	Wayne	Detroit	257,114	348,793	531,591	52.4%
2	Kent	Grand Rapids	109,922	129,714	159,145	22.7%
3	Saginaw	Saginaw	82,273	81,222	89,290	9.9%
4	Houghton	Houghton	35,389	66,063	88,098	33.4%
5	Bay	Bay City	56,412	62,378	68,238	9.4%
6	St. Clair	Port Huron	52,105	55,228	52,341	−5.2%
7	Calhoun	Battle Creek	43,501	49,315	56,638	14.8%
8	Berrien	Niles	41,285	49,165	53,622	9.1%
9	Lenawee	Adrian	48,448	48,406	47,907	−1.0%
10	Jackson	Jackson	45,031	48,222	53,426	10.8%
11	Washtenaw	Ann Arbor	42,210	47,761	44,714	−6.4%
12	Oakland	Pontiac	41,245	44,792	49,576	10.7%
13	Kalamazoo	Kalamazoo	39,273	44,310	60,327	36.1%
14	Genesee	Flint	39,430	41,804	64,555	54.4%
15	Marquette	Marquette	39,521	41,239	46,739	13.3%
16	Ottawa	Holland	35,358	39,667	45,301	14.2%

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Sports[edit]

Baseball[edit]

1905 Detroit Tigers season – The Tigers compiled a 79-74 record and finished in third place in the American League. The team's statistical leaders included Sam Crawford with 75 RBIs and a .297 batting average and Ed Killian with a 23-14 record and a 2.27 earned run average.^[3]
1905 Michigan Wolverines baseball season - Under head coach Lew "Sport" McAllister, the Wolverines compiled a 16–3 record and won the Western Conference championship.^[4] Charles Campbell was the team captain.^[5]

American football[edit]

1905 Michigan Wolverines football team – Under head coach was Fielding H. Yost, the Wolverines compiled a 12–1, outscored its opponents by a combined total of 495 to 2, and lost the final game of the season by a score of 2–0 against the University of Chicago.^[6]
1905 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team – ^[7]
1905 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team - ^[8]

Chronology of events[edit]

Births[edit]

February 6 - Merze Tate, the first African-American graduate of Western Michigan Teachers College, first African-American woman to attend the University of Oxford, and first African-American woman to earn a Ph.D. in government and international relations from Harvard University, in Blanchard, Michigan
May 16 - Ken Doherty, decathlon champion, college track and field coach, author and longtime director of the Penn Relays, in Detroit
June 24 - Fred Alderman, sprint runner who won a gold medal in 4 × 400 m relay at the 1928 Summer Olympics, in East Lansing, Michigan
July 11 - Neil Staebler, Michigan Democratic Party leader, in Ann Arbor, Michigan
September 10 - William Clemens, film director (On Dress Parade, The Case of the Velvet Claws The Case of the Stuttering Bishop), in Saginaw, Michigan
November 18 - William S. Carlson, President of the University of Delaware, University of Vermont, State University of New York, and University of Toledo, in Ironwood, Michigan
December 1 - Charles Van Riper, internationally known pioneer in the development of speech pathology and treatment of stuttering, in Champion Township, Michigan

Deaths[edit]

March 4 - William B. Williams, represented Michigan in Congress (1873-1877), at age 78 in Allegan, Michigan^[9]
March 18 - Cyrus G. Luce, Governor of Michigan (1887-1891), at age 80 in Coldwater, Michigan
June 30 - George Washington Peck, Michigan Secretary of State (1848-1850) and Congressman from Michigan 4th District (1855-1857), at age 87 in Saginaw, Michigan

References[edit]

^ Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930, Volume 1 Population. U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. 1930. pp. 512–514.
^ Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930, Volume 1 Population. U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. 1930. pp. 515–516.
^ "1905 Detroit Tigers Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
^ "2012 University of Michigan Baseball Record Book" (PDF). University of Michigan. 2012. pp. 22, 63. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
^ 2012 U-M Baseball Record Book, p. 13.
^ "1905 Football Team". University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
^ "2016 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Michigan State University. pp. 146, 150. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 17, 2017. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
^ "2015 Eastern Michigan Football Digital Media Guide" (PDF). Eastern Michigan University Football. pp. 158, 170. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
^ "Legislator Details - William Brewster Williams". Library of Michigan. Retrieved November 30, 2023.

[1] Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930, Volume 1 Population. U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. 1930. pp. 512–514.

[2] Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930, Volume 1 Population. U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. 1930. pp. 515–516.

[3] "1905 Detroit Tigers Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 10, 2017.

[4] "2012 University of Michigan Baseball Record Book" (PDF). University of Michigan. 2012. pp. 22, 63. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 9, 2017.

[5] 2012 U-M Baseball Record Book, p. 13.

[6] "1905 Football Team". University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library. Retrieved July 10, 2017.

[7] "2016 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Michigan State University. pp. 146, 150. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 17, 2017. Retrieved June 14, 2017.

[8] "2015 Eastern Michigan Football Digital Media Guide" (PDF). Eastern Michigan University Football. pp. 158, 170. Retrieved June 30, 2016.

[9] "Legislator Details - William Brewster Williams". Library of Michigan. Retrieved November 30, 2023.

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