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Capital: Lansing
State Nickname: Wolverine State
State Bird: Robin
State Flower: Apple Blossom
Admitted to the Union: January 26, 1837
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| Governors |
November 3, 1835 to April 3, 1938:
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Stevens T. Mason
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April 3, 1938 to June 12, 1838:
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Edward Mundy
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January 7, 1840 to February 23, 1841:
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William Woodbridge
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February 23, 1841 To January 3, 1842:
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James W. Gordon
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January 3, 1842 to January 5, 1846:
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John S. Barry
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January 5, 1846 to March 3, 1847:
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Alpheus Felch
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March 3, 1847 to January 3, 1848:
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William L. Greenly
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January 3, 1848 to January 7, 1850:
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Epaphroditus Ransom
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January 7, 1850 to January 1, 1851:
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John S. Barry
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January 1, 1851 to March 7, 1853:
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Robert McClelland
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March 7, 1853 to January 3, 1855:
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Andrew Parsons
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January 3, 1855 to January 5, 1859:
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Kinsley S. Bingham
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January 5, 1859 to January 2, 1861:
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Moses Wisner
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January 2, 1861 to January 4, 1865:
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Austin Blair
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January 4, 1865 to January 6, 1869:
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Henry H. Crapo
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January 6, 1869 to January 1, 1873:
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Jenry F. Baldwin
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January 1, 1873 to January 3, 1877:
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John J. Bagley
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January 3, 1877 to January 1, 1881:
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Charles M. Croswell
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January 1, 1881 to January 1, 1883:
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David H. Jerome
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January 1, 1883 to January 1, 1885:
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Josiah W. Begole
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January 1, 1885 to January 1, 1887:
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Russll A. Alger
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January 7, 1887 to January 1, 1891:
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Cyrus G. Luce
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January 1, 1891 to January 1, 1893:
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Edward B. Winans
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January 1, 1893 to January 1, 1897:
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John T. Rich
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January 1, 1897 to January 1, 1901:
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Hazen S. Pingree
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January 1, 1901 to January 1, 1905:
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Aaron T. Bliss
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January 1, 1905 to January 1, 1911:
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Fred M. Warner
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January 1, 1911 to January 1, 1913:
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Chase S. Osborn
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January 1, 1913 to January 1, 1917:
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Woodbridge N. Ferris
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January 1, 1917 to January 1, 1921:
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Albert E. Sleeper
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January 1, 1921 to January 1, 1927:
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Alexander J. Groesbeck
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January 1, 1927 to January 1, 1931:
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Fred W. Green
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January 1, 1931 to January 1, 1933:
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Wilber M. Brucker
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January 1, 1933 to January 1, 1935:
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William A. Comstock
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January 1, 1935 to January 1, 1937:
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Frank D. Fitzgerald
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January 1, 1937 to January 1, 1939:
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Frank Murphy
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January 1, 1939 to March 16, 1939:
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Frank D. Fitzgerald*
*Died in office
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March 16, 1939 to January 1, 1941:
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Luren D. Dickinson
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January 1, 1941 to January 1, 1943:
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Murray D. Van Wagoner
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January 1, 1943 to January 1, 1947:
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Henry F. Kelly
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January 1, 1947 to January 1, 1949:
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Kim Sigler
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January 1, 1949 to January 1, 1961:
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G. Mennen Williams
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January 1, 1961 to January 1, 1963:
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John B. Swainson
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January 1, 1963 to January 22, 1969:
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George Romney*
*Resigned
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January 22, 1969 to January 1, 1983:
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William G. Milliken
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January 1, 1983 to January 1, 1991:
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James J. Blanchard
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January 1, 1991 to January 1, 2003:
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John Engler
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January 1, 2003 –
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Jennifer Granholm
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| Senators - Class I |
January 26, 1837 – March 4, 1839
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Lucius Lyon
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January 20, 1840 – March 4, 1845
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Augustus Seymour Porter
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March 4, 1845 – May 29, 1848
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Lewis Cass * Resigned office
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June 8, 1848 – March 4, 1849
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Thomas Fitzgerald
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March 4, 1849 – March 4, 1857
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Lewis Cass
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March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1875
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Zachariah Chandler
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March 4, 1875 – February 10, 1879
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Isaac Peckham Christiancy
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February 22, 1879 – November 1, 1879
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Zachariah Chandler * Died in office
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November 17, 1879 – March 4, 1881
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Henry Porter Baldwin
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March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1887
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Omar Dwight Conger
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March 4, 1887 – April 30, 1894
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Francis Brown Stockbridge * Died in office
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May 5, 1894 – January 14, 1895
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John Patton, Jr.
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January 24, 1895 – March 4, 1911
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Julius Caesar Burrows
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March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1923
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Charles Elroy Townsend
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March 4, 1923 – March 23, 1928
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Woodbridge Nathan Ferris * Died in office
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March 31, 1928 – April 18, 1951
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Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg * Died in office
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April 23, 1951 – November 4, 1952
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Blair Moody
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November 5, 1952 – January 3, 1959
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Charles Edward Potter
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January 3, 1959 – December 26, 1976
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Philip Hart
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December 30, 1976 – January 3, 1995
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Donald Wayne Riegle Jr.
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January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2001
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Spencer Abraham
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January 3, 2001 –
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Debbie Stabenow
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| Senators - Class II |
January 26, 1837 – March 4, 1841
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John Norvell
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March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1847
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William Woodbridge
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March 4, 1847 – March 4, 1853
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Alpheus Felch
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March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1859
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Charles Edward Stuart
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March 4, 1859 – October 5, 1861
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Kinsley Scott Bingham
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January 17, 1862 – March 4, 1871
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Jacob Merritt Howard
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March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1883
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Thomas White Ferry
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March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1889
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Thomas Witherell Palmer
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March 4, 1889 – August 10, 1902
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James McMillan * Died in office
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September 27, 1902 – January 24, 1907
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Russell Alexander Alger * Died in office
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February 9, 1907 – March 4, 1919
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William Alden Smith
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March 4, 1889 – August 10, 1902
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Truman Handy Newberry
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November 29, 1922 – October 22, 1936
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James Joseph Couzens
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November 19, 1936 – January 3, 1943
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Prentiss Marsh Brown
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January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1955
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Homer Samuel Ferguson
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January 3, 1955 – April 30, 1966
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Patrick Vincent McNamara
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May 11, 1966 – January 3, 1979
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Robert Paul Griffin
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January 3, 1979 –
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Carl Levin
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| State Song |
Michigan My Michigan
Written by: William Otto Miessner & Douglas M. Malloch
To the tune of Oh Christmas Tree |
A song to thee, fair State of mine,
Michigan, my Michigan;
But greater song than this is thine,
Michigan, my Michigan;
The whisper of the forest tree,
The thunder of the inland sea;
Unite in one grand symphony
Of Michigan, my Michigan.I sing a State of all the best,
Michigan, my Michigan;
I sing a State with riches blest,
Michigan, my Michigan;
Thy mines unmask a hidden store,
But richer thy historic lore,
More great the love thy builders bore,
Oh, Michigan, my Michigan.How fair the bosom of thy lakes,
Michigan, my Michigan;
What melody each river makes;
Michigan, my Michigan;
As to thy lakes the rivers tend,
Thy exiled children to thee send
Devotion that shall never end,
Oh, Michigan, my Michigan.
Thou rich in wealth makes a State,
Michigan, my Michigan;
Thou great in things that make us great,
Michigan, my Michigan;
Out loyal voices sound thy claim
Upon the golden roll of fame
Our loyal hands shall write the name
Of Michigan, my Michigan. |
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State Population
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1830: 31,639 |
1840: 212,267 |
1850: 397,654 |
1860: 749,104 |
1870: 1,184,059 |
1880: 1,636,937 |
1890: 2,093,889 |
1900: 2,420,982 |
1910: 2,810,173 |
1920: 3,668,412 |
1930: 4,842,325 |
1940: 5,256,106 |
1950: 6,371,766 |
1960: 7,823,194 |
1970: 8,881,826 |
1980: 9,262,078 |
1990: 9,295,297 |
2000: 9,938,480 |
State Capitol Building 1907
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