1935 in Michigan

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1935 in Michigan
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Events from the year 1935 in Michigan.

Office holders[]

State office holders[]

Mayors of major cities[]

Federal office holders[]

  • U.S. Senator from Michigan: James J. Couzens (Republican)
  • U.S. Senator from Michigan: Arthur Vandenberg (Republican)
  • House District 1: George G. Sadowski (Democrat)
  • House District 2: Earl C. Michener (Republican)
  • House District 3: Henry M. Kimball (Republican)
  • House District 4: Clare Hoffman (Republican)
  • House District 5: Carl E. Mapes (Republican)
  • House District 6: William W. Blackney (Republican)
  • House District 7: Jesse P. Wolcott (Republican)
  • House District 8: Fred L. Crawford (Republican)
  • House District 9: Albert J. Engel (Republican)
  • House District 10: Roy O. Woodruff (Republican)
  • House District 11: Prentiss M. Brown (Democrat)
  • House District 12: Frank Eugene Hook (Democrat)
  • House District 13: Clarence J. McLeod (Republican)
  • House District 14: Louis C. Rabaut (Democrat)
  • House District 15: John D. Dingell Sr. (Democrat)
  • House District 16: John Lesinski Sr. (Democrat)
  • House District 17: George Anthony Dondero (Republican)

Population[]

In the 1930 United States Census, Michigan was recorded as having a population of 4,842,325, ranking as the seventh most populous state in the country. By 1940, Michigan's population had increased by 8.5% to 5,256,106.

Cities[]

The following is a list of cities in Michigan with a population of at least 20,000 based on 1930 U.S. Census data. Historic census data from 1920 and 1940 is included to reflect trends in population increases or decreases. Cities that are part of the Detroit metropolitan area are shaded in tan.

1930
Rank 		City County 1920 Pop. 1930 Pop. 1940 Pop. Change 1930-40
1 Detroit Wayne 993,678 1,568,662 1,623,452 3.5%
2 Grand Rapids Kent 137,634 168,592 164,292 −2.6%
3 Flint Genesee 91,599 156,492 151,543 −3.2%
4 Saginaw Saginaw 61,903 80,715 82,794 2.6%
5 Lansing Ingham 57,327 78,397 78,753 0.5%
6 Pontiac Oakland 34,273 64,928 66,626 2.6%
7 Hamtramck Wayne 48,615 56,268 49,839 −11.4%
8 Jackson Jackson 48,374 55,187 49,656 −10.0%
9 Kalamazoo Kalamazoo 48,487 54,786 54,097 −1.3%
10 Highland Park Wayne 46,499 52,959 50,810 −4.1%
11 Dearborn Wayne 2,470 50,358 63,589 26.3%
12 Bay City Bay 47,554 47,355 47,956 1.3%
13 Battle Creek Calhoun 36,164 45,573 43,453 −4.7%
14 Muskegon Muskegon 36,570 41,390 47,697 15.2%
15 Port Huron St. Clair 25,944 31,361 32,759 4.5%
16 Wyandotte Wayne 13,851 28,368 30,618 7.9%
17 Ann Arbor Washtenaw 19,516 26,944 29,815 10.7%
18 Royal Oak Oakland 6,007 22,904 25,087 9.5%
19 Ferndale Oakland 2,640 20,855 22,523 8.0%

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Counties[]

The following is a list of counties in Michigan with populations of at least 50,000 based on 1930 U.S. Census data. Historic census data from 1920 and 1940 are included to reflect trends in population increases or decreases.

1930
Rank 		County Largest city 1920 Pop. 1930 Pop. 1940 Pop. Change 1930-40
1 Wayne Detroit 1,177,645 1,888,946 2,015,623 6.7%
2 Kent Grand Rapids 183,041 240,511 246,338 2.4%
3 Genesee Flint 125,668 211,641 227,944 7.7%
4 Oakland Pontiac 90,050 211,251 254,068 20.3%
5 Saginaw Saginaw 100,286 120,717 130,468 8.1%
6 Ingham Lansing 81,554 116,587 130,616 12.0%
7 Jackson Jackson 72,539 92,304 93,108 0.9%
8 Kalamazoo Kalamazoo 71,225 91,368 100,085 9.5%
9 Calhoun Battle Creek 72,918 87,043 94,206 8.2%
10 Muskegon Muskegon 62,362 84,630 94,501 11.7%
11 Berrien Benton Harbor 62,653 81,066 89,117 9.9%
12 Macomb Warren 38,103 77,146 107,638 39.5%
13 Bay Bay City 69,548 69,474 74,981 7.9%
14 St. Clair Port Huron 58,009 67,563 76,222 12.8%
15 Washtenaw Ann Arbor 49,520 65,530 80,810 23.3%
16 Ottawa Holland 47,660 54,858 59,660 8.8%
17 Houghton Houghton 71,930 52,851 47,631 −9.9%
18 Monroe Monroe 37,115 52,485 58,620 11.7%
19 Lenawee Adrian 47,767 49,849 53,110 6.5%

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Companies[]

The following is a list of major companies based in Michigan in 1935.

Company 1935 sales (millions) 1935 net earnings (millions) Headquarters Core business
General Motors Detroit Automobiles
Ford Motor Company na na[3] Automobiles
Chrysler Automobiles
Studebaker Corp. Automobiles
Briggs Mfg. Co. Detroit Automobile parts supplier
S. S. Kresge Retail
Hudson Motor Car Co. Detroit Automobiles
Detroit Edison Electric utility
Michigan Bell Telephone utility
Kellogg's Battle Creek Breakfast cereal
Parke-Davis Detroit Pharmaceutical
REO Motor Car Co. Lansing Automobiles
Burroughs Adding Machine Business machines

Sports[]

Baseball[]

American football[]

Basketball[]

Ice hockey[]

Boat racing[]

Boxing[]

  • Detroit's Joe Louis won 11 consecutive bouts in 1935, including a technical knockout of Primo Carnera on June 25 at Yankee Stadium and a knockout of Max Baer on September 24 at Yankee Stadium.

Golfing[]

Other[]

Chronology of events[]

Births[]

Oscar nominee Seymour Cassel
Astronaut Roger B. Chaffee
Sonny Bono
  • January 21 - Carol Wald, artist and illustrator known for her collages and paintings, in Detroit
  • January 22 - Seymour Cassel, actor (Oscar nominee for Faces), in Detroit
  • February 8 - Council Cargle, stage and film actor (Detroit 9000, Jackie Brown), in Detroit
  • February 15 - Roger B. Chaffee, astronaut who died in a fire during a pre-launch test for the Apollo 1 mission, in Grand Rapids
  • February 16 - Sonny Bono, part of the singing duo Sonny & Cher, producer, and politician, in Detroit
  • February 17 - Bill Van Tichelt, developer of VanTech Motorcycles, in Kalamazoo
  • March 11 - Nancy Kovack, actress and wife of Zubin Mehta, in Flint
  • March 12 - Hugh Lawson, jazz pianist, in Detroit
  • March 13 - Leon Burton, American football player for Arizona State who in 1957 led the NCAA in rushing yards (1,126 yards) and scoring (96 points), in Flint
  • March 13 - Joan LeQuia, pitcher and infielder in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, in Negaunee, Michigan
  • March 20 - Bettye Washington Greene, first African-American Ph.D. chemist to work as a professional at Dow Chemical, in Midland
  • March 29 - Moby Benedict, coach of Michigan Wolverines baseball team from 1963 to 1979, in Detroit
  • April 12 - Lee H. Katzin, television and film director and creator of Man from Atlantis, in Detroit
  • April 13 - Michael Joseph Kaniecki, Roman Catholic Bishop of Fairbanks from 1985-2000, in Detroit
  • April 19 - Hans W. Becherer, president and CEO of John Deere from 1987-2000, in Detroit
  • May 18 - Ken Hamlin, Major League Baseball infielder (1957-1966), in Detroit
  • May 24 - Ronald Edmonds, educator, author, and pioneer of effective schools research, in Ypsilanti
  • June 17 - Rudolph G. Wilson, aka "Papa Rudy", professor, writer, storyteller, and public speaker, in Detroit
  • June 19 - Sarah Goddard Power, Democratic Party activist and University of Michigan Regent, in Detroit
  • June 26 - Hank Greenwald, play-by-play announcer for the San Francisco Giants from 1979 to 1996, in Detroit
  • June 27 - Dan Currie, linebacker in the NFL from 1958 to 1966 (2× NFL champion), in Detroit
  • July 29 - Joan Gerber, voice actress (H.R. Pufnstuf, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), in Detroit
  • July 31 - Theodore Weesner, author/novelist, works including The Car Thief (1972), in Flint
  • August 14 - Gary Tobian, gold medal winner in springboard diving competition in 1960 Olympics, in Detroit
  • August 15 - Tom Morey, aka "Y", musician, engineer, shaper, surfer, and surf equipment designer, in Detroit
  • August 20 - Stephen Yokich, labor union activist and UAW president from 1994 to 2002, in Detroit
  • August 26 - Shirley E. Schwartz, chemist and research scientist for General Motors, in Detroit
  • September 10 - Sammy Sessions, driver USAC Championship Car series from 1965 to 1975, in Nashville, Michigan
  • October 12 - Paul Humphrey, jazz and funk/R&B drummer, in Detroit
  • October 13 - Etterlene DeBarge, gospel singer and matriarch of the musical group DeBarge, in Royal Oak
  • October 13 - Edgar Culbertson, recipient of Coast Guard Medal for heroism leading to his death in 1967, in Ferndale
  • October 28 - Thomas J. Schriber, technology professor known for his work on "Simulation using General Purpose Simulation System", in Flint
  • December 4 - Robert Vesco, fugitive criminal financier, in Detroit
  • December 21 - Kurt Seiffert, gold medal winner in coxed pair rowing at 1956 Olympics, in Detroit
  • December 26 - Abdul Fakir, singer and founding member of Motown's the Four Tops, in Detroit

Gallery of 1935 births[]

Deaths[]

Caroline Bartlett Crane
Frank Navin
  • January 5 - Frank S. Kedzie, President of Michigan Agricultural College (1915–1921), at age 77[12]
  • January 31 - Harry Tuthill, athletic trainer for boxers and sporting teams, including the New York Giants (1904-1907), Detroit Tigers (1907-1921), and Michigan Wolverines football (1916-1917), at age 65 in Detroit[13]
  • February 2 - Clara Smith, blues singer, in Detroit
  • February 19 - Zelda Sears, actress, screenwriter (The Divorcee), novelist and businesswoman, at age 62 in Hollywood, California[14]
  • March 24 - Caroline Bartlett Crane, Unitarian minister, suffragist, civic reformer, educator and journalist, known as "America's housekeeper" for her efforts to improve urban sanitation, at age 76 in Kalamazoo[15]
  • April 2 - Edwin F. Sweet, U.S. Congressman (1911-1913), Assistant Secretary of Commerce (1913-1921), at age 86 in Ojai, California[16]
  • April 29 - William J. Olcott, iron mining and railroad executive who was captain of the University of Michigan football teams in 1882 and 1883, at age 73 in Pasadena, California[17]
  • May 21 - Sarah Killgore Wertman, first woman law student at the University of Michigan and the first woman to be admitted to the Bar of any state in the United States, at age 72 in Seattle
  • October 19 - Henry M. Kimball, U.S. Congressman from Michigan's Third District, in Kalamazoo[18]
  • November 13 - Frank Navin, principal owner of the Detroit Tigers for 27 years, in Detroit[19]
  • December 25 - Horatio Earle, Michigan's first Highway Commissioner and a leader of the good roads movement, at age 80 in Detroit[20]

See also[]

References[]

  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. ^ Ford was a privately held company until 1956. Accordingly, its financial results for 1935 were not made public.
  4. ^ "2012 University of Michigan Baseball Record Book" (PDF). University of Michigan. 2012. pp. 22, 69. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
  5. ^ 2012 Record Book, p. 13.
  6. ^ "1935 Detroit Lions Statistics & Players". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  7. ^ "1935 NFL Leaders and Leaderboards". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  8. ^ "1935 Michigan State Spartans Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
  9. ^ "1935 Detroit Mercy Titans Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  10. ^ "2016 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Wayne State University. pp. 111, 114. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  11. ^ "1935 Football Team". Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  12. ^ "Heart Attack In Night Fatal To Dr. Kedzie". Lansing State Journal. January 5, 1935. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "For 50 Years Tuthill Fought and Fixed Stars". Detroit Free Press. February 1, 1935. p. 19.
  14. ^ "Play Writer Zelda Sears, Native of Michigan, Dies". Detroit Free Press. February 20, 1935. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "Noted Kalamazoo Woman Is Dead: Dr. Caroline Bartlett Crane Was City's 'First Woman Citizen'". Lansing State Journal. March 25, 1935. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "Ex-Congressman Is Dead In West: Edwin F. Sweet Was First to Be Elected From 5th Michigan District". Lansing State Journal. April 3, 1935. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "Retired Head of Oliver Co. Dead: William J. Olcott Dies Monday Following Stroke of Paralysis". Ironwood Daily Globe. April 30, 1935. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^ "Death Strikes a Fifth Time in the 'Fatal Third' District". Detroit Free Press. October 20, 1935. p. 12.
  19. ^ "Navin Will Be Buried Saturday, Five Weeks After Achieving Goal That He Sought for 32 Years". Detroit Free Press. November 14, 1935. p. 1.
  20. ^ "Horatio Earle Dies Suddenly". Detroit Free Press. December 26, 1935. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
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