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Office holders

State office holders

Governor of Michigan: Fred W. Green (Republican)
Lieutenant Governor of Michigan: Luren Dickinson (Republican)
Michigan Attorney General: William W. Potter
Michigan Secretary of State: John S. Haggerty (Republican)
Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives: Fred R. Ming (Republican)
Chief Justice, Michigan Supreme Court:

Mayors of major cities

Federal office holders

U.S. Senator from Michigan: James J. Couzens (Republican)
U.S. Senator from Michigan: Woodbridge N. Ferris (Democrat)/Arthur Vandenberg (Republican)
House District 1: 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 P. Bohn (Republican)
House District 12: W. Frank James (Republican)
House District 13: Clarence J. McLeod (Republican)

Population

In the 1920 United States census, Michigan was recorded as having a population of 3,668,412, ranking as the seventh most populous state in the country. By 1930, Michigan's population had increased by 32.0% to 4,842,325.

Cities

The following is a list of cities in Michigan with a population of at least 15,000 based on 1920 U.S. Census data. Historic census data from 1910 and 1930 is included to reflect trends in population increases or decreases.

1920 Rank	City	County	1910 Pop.	1920 Pop.	1930 Pop.	Change 1920-30
1	Detroit	Wayne	465,766	993,678	1,568,662	57.9%
2	Grand Rapids	Kent	112,571	137,634	168,592	22.5%
3	Flint	Genesee	38,550	91,599	156,492	70.8%
4	Saginaw	Saginaw	50,510	61,903	80,715	30.4%
5	Lansing	Ingham	31,229	57,327	78,397	36.8%
6	Hamtramck	Wayne	3,559	48,615	56,268	15.7%
7	Kalamazoo	Kalamazoo	39,437	48,487	54,786	13.0%
8	Jackson	Jackson	31,433	48,374	55,187	14.1%
9	Bay City	Bay	45,166	47,554	47,355	−0.4%
10	Highland Park	Wayne	4,120	46,499	52,959	13.9%
11	Muskegon	Muskegon	24,062	36,570	41,390	15.2%
12	Battle Creek	Calhoun	25,267	36,164	45,573	26.0%
13	Pontiac	Oakland	14,532	34,273	64,928	89.4%
14	Port Huron	St. Clair	18,863	25,944	31,361	20.9%
15	Ann Arbor	Washtenaw	14,817	19,516	26,944	38.1%
16	Ironwood	Gogebic	12,821	15,739	14,299	−9.1%

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Boom cities of the 1920s

The 1920s saw an explosion of growth in the population of small cities near Detroit, with some communities growing more than three fold. Dearborn was the most extreme case, growing 20-fold from 2,470 to 50,358 persons.

City	County	1910 Pop.	1920 Pop.	1930 Pop.	Change 1920-30
Warren	Macomb	2,346	6,780	24,024	254.3%
Royal Oak	Oakland	1,071	6,007	22,904	281.3%
Ferndale	Oakland	--	2,640	20,855	690.0%
Dearborn	Wayne	911	2,470	50,358	1,938.8%

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Counties

The following is a list of counties in Michigan with populations of at least 40,000 based on 1920 U.S. Census data. Historic census data from 1910 and 1930 are included to reflect trends in population increases or decreases.

1920 Rank	County	Largest city	1910 Pop.	1920 Pop.	1930 Pop.	Change 1920-30
1	Wayne	Detroit	531,591	1,177,645	1,888,946	60.4%
2	Kent	Grand Rapids	159,145	183,041	240,511	31.4%
3	Genesee	Flint	64,555	125,668	211,641	68.4%
4	Saginaw	Saginaw	89,290	100,286	120,717	20.4%
5	Oakland	Pontiac	49,576	90,050	211,251	134.6%
6	Ingham	Lansing	53,310	81,554	116,587	43.0%
7	Calhoun	Battle Creek	56,638	72,918	87,043	19.4%
8	Houghton	Houghton	88,098	71,930	52,851	-26.5%
9	Jackson	Jackson	53,426	72,539	92,304	27.2%
10	Kalamazoo	Kalamazoo	60,327	71,225	91,368	28.3%
11	Bay	Bay City	68,238	69,548	69,474	-0.1%
12	Berrien	Niles	53,622	62,653	81,066	29.4%
13	Muskegon	Muskegon	40,577	62,362	84,630	35.7%
14	St. Clair	Port Huron	52,341	58,009	67,563	16.5%
15	Washtenaw	Ann Arbor	44,714	49,520	65,530	32.3%
16	Lenawee	Adrian	47,907	47,767	49,849	4.4%
17	Ottawa	Holland	45,301	47,660	54,858	15.1%
18	Marquette	Marquette	46,739	45,786	44,076	−3.7%

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Sports

Baseball

1928 Detroit Tigers season – Under manager George Moriarty, the Tigers compiled a 68–88 record and finished in sixth place in the American League. The team's statistical leaders included Harry Heilmann with a .328 batting average, 14 home runs and 107 RBIs, and Ownie Carroll with 16 wins and a 3.27 earned run average.^[3]

American football

1928 Detroit Wolverines - Under head coach LeRoy Andrews, the Wolverines compiled a 7–2–1 record during the 1928 NFL season. Benny Friedman led the team in scoring with 55 points scored.^[4]
1928 Detroit Titans football team – Under head coach Gus Dorais, the Titans compiled a 9–0 record, shut out seven opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined 267 to 27. The Titans defeated Michigan State by a 39 to 0 score.^[5]
1928 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team - Under head coach Elton Rynearson, the Normalites compiled a record of 7–1, won the Michigan Collegiate Conference championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 233 to 43.
1928 Western State Hilltoppers football team – Under head coach Earl Martineau, the Hilltoppers compiled a 5–2 record and outscored their opponents, 119 to 32.
1928 Central State Bearcats football team - Under head coach Wallace Parker, the Bearcats compiled a 6–3 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 126 to 73.

1928 Michigan Wolverines football team – The Wolverines compiled a 3–4–1 record and tied for seventh place in the Big Ten Conference. Left tackle Otto Pommerening was an All-American.^[6]
1928 Michigan State Spartans football team – Under head coach Harry Kipke, the Spartans compiled a 3–4–1 record.^[7]

Basketball

1927–28 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team – Under head coach E. J. Mather, the Wolverines compiled a 10–7 record and were co-champions of the Big Ten Conference.^[8]

Ice hockey

1927–28 Detroit Cougars season – Under general manager and coach Jack Adams, the Cougars compiled a 19–19–6 record. George Hay led the team with 22 goals, 13 assists, and 35 points. Hap Holmes was the team's goaltender.^[9]

Chronology of events

January

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March

March 31 - Arthur Vandenberg was appointed by Governor Fred W. Green to the position of interim United States Senator to fill the vacancy caused by Woodbridge N. Ferris' death.^[10]

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November

November 6 - A number of elections occurred, including:
- United States Senate - Incumbent Republican United States Senator Arthur Vandenberg was for the first time elected to the Senate after being appointed to replace the deceased Woodbridge N. Ferris.^[11]
- Michigan Governor - Incumbent Republican governor, Fred W. Green, defeated Democratic nominee William Comstock.^[12]

November 30 - 14 customs inspectors were arrested in Detroit accused of graft in connection with allowing the flow of rum from Canada.^[13] Reports indicated that 100 of the 129 inspectors in Detroit were suspected of graft.^[14]

December

Births

March 15 - Paul Carey, sportcaster and play-by-play announcer for Detroit Tigers (1973-1991), in Mount Pleasant, Michigan
May 26 - Jack Kevorkian, pathologist and euthanasia proponent known as "Dr. Death", in Pontiac, Michigan
June 16 - Jerome Cavanagh, Mayor of Detroit (1962-1970), in Detroit
September 4 - Dick York, actor (Darrin Stephens on Bewitched), in East Grand Rapids
October 1 - George Peppard, actor (Breakfast at Tiffany's, The A-Team), in Detroit
November 12 - Bill Muncey, hydroplane racer who won 62 races, in Detroit
November 15 - James H. Brickley, 62nd Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, in Flint^[15]

Deaths

February 1 - Hughie Jennings, manager of Detroit Tigers (1907-1929), at age 58 in Scranton, Pennsylvania
March 23 - Woodbridge N. Ferris, Governor of Michigan (1913–1916) and U.S. Senator from Michigan (1922–1928), died in office at age 75 in Washington, D.C.^[16]
March 31 - Washington Gardner, U.S. Congressman from Michigan (1899–1911), at age 83 in Albion, Michigan^[17]
July 18 - Ed Killian, pitcher for Detroit Tigers (1904-1910) with career ERA of 2.38, at age 51 in Racine, Wisconsin
September 21 - Frederick C. Martindale, former Michigan Secretary of State, at 62 via suicide

References

^ ^a ^b Fourteenth Census of the United States Volume I Population 1920. United States Department of Commerce Bureauof the Census. 1921. pp. 232–236.
^ Fourteenth Census of the United States Volume I Population 1920. United States Department of Commerce Bureauof the Census. 1921. pp. 458–468.
^ "1928 Detroit Tigers Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
^ "1928 Detroit Wolverines Statistics & Players". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
^ "1928 Detroit Mercy Titans Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
^ "1928 Football Team". Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
^ "1928 Michigan State Spartans Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
^ "1927-28 Michigan Wolverines Roster and Stats". SR/CBB. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
^ "1927-28 Detroit Cougars Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
^ "VANDENBERG, Arthur Hendrick (1884-1951)". Historian of the United States Senate. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 1928" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
^ "Our Campaigns - MI Governor - Nov 06, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
^ "Rum Flow Halts As 100 Guards Face Jail Here". Detroit Free Press. December 1, 1928. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Graft in customs patrol 12-3-1928". Detroit Free Press. 3 December 1928. p. 1.
^ Michigan Manual. 1970. p. 153.
^ United States Congress. "Woodbridge Nathan Ferris (id: F000092)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ United States Congress. "Washington Gardner (id: G000062)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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