Events from the year 1927 in Michigan.
Office holders
State office holders Governor of Michigan: Alex J. Groesbeck (Republican)/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: Nelson Sharpe
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: Ben N. Mercer Mayor of Ann Arbor: Robert A. Campbell/Edward W. Staebler
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)
Population
Sports 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.
Chronology of events January
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November
December December - The Dearborn Independent is closed down after Lawsuits regarding antisemitic material published in the paper caused owner Henry Ford to close it.
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
See also History of Michigan History of Detroit
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