Capital: Lansing

State Nickname: Wolverine State

State Bird: Robin

State Flower: Apple Blossom

Admitted to the Union: January 26, 1837

November 3, 1835 to April 3, 1938:

Stevens T. Mason

April 3, 1938 to June 12, 1838:

Edward Mundy

January 7, 1840 to February 23, 1841:

William Woodbridge

February 23, 1841 To January 3, 1842:

James W. Gordon

January 3, 1842 to January 5, 1846:

John S. Barry

January 5, 1846 to March 3, 1847:

Alpheus Felch

March 3, 1847 to January 3, 1848:

William L. Greenly

January 3, 1848 to January 7, 1850:

Epaphroditus Ransom

January 7, 1850 to January 1, 1851:

John S. Barry

January 1, 1851 to March 7, 1853:

Robert McClelland

March 7, 1853 to January 3, 1855:

Andrew Parsons

January 3, 1855 to January 5, 1859:

Kinsley S. Bingham

January 5, 1859 to January 2, 1861:

Moses Wisner

January 2, 1861 to January 4, 1865:

Austin Blair

January 4, 1865 to January 6, 1869:

Henry H. Crapo

January 6, 1869 to January 1, 1873:

Jenry F. Baldwin

January 1, 1873 to January 3, 1877:

John J. Bagley

January 3, 1877 to January 1, 1881:

Charles M. Croswell

January 1, 1881 to January 1, 1883:

David H. Jerome

January 1, 1883 to January 1, 1885:

Josiah W. Begole

January 1, 1885 to January 1, 1887:

Russll A. Alger

January 7, 1887 to January 1, 1891:

Cyrus G. Luce

January 1, 1891 to January 1, 1893:

Edward B. Winans

January 1, 1893 to January 1, 1897:

John T. Rich

January 1, 1897 to January 1, 1901:

Hazen S. Pingree

January 1, 1901 to January 1, 1905:

Aaron T. Bliss

January 1, 1905 to January 1, 1911:

Fred M. Warner

January 1, 1911 to January 1, 1913:

Chase S. Osborn

January 1, 1913 to January 1, 1917:

Woodbridge N. Ferris

January 1, 1917 to January 1, 1921:

Albert E. Sleeper

January 1, 1921 to January 1, 1927:

Alexander J. Groesbeck

January 1, 1927 to January 1, 1931:

Fred W. Green

January 1, 1931 to January 1, 1933:

Wilber M. Brucker

January 1, 1933 to January 1, 1935:

William A. Comstock

January 1, 1935 to January 1, 1937:

Frank D. Fitzgerald

January 1, 1937 to January 1, 1939:

Frank Murphy

January 1, 1939 to March 16, 1939:

Frank D. Fitzgerald*
*Died in office

March 16, 1939 to January 1, 1941:

Luren D. Dickinson

January 1, 1941 to January 1, 1943:

Murray D. Van Wagoner

January 1, 1943 to January 1, 1947:

Henry F. Kelly

January 1, 1947 to January 1, 1949:

Kim Sigler

January 1, 1949 to January 1, 1961:

G. Mennen Williams

January 1, 1961 to January 1, 1963:

John B. Swainson

January 1, 1963 to January 22, 1969:

George Romney*
*Resigned to accept post in Nixon administration

January 22, 1969 to January 1, 1983:

William G. Milliken

January 1, 1983 to January 1, 1991:

James J. Blanchard

January 1, 1991 to 2003:

John Engler

2003 --

Jennifer Granholm

Written by: William Otto Miessner & Douglas M. Malloch
To the tune of Oh Christmas Tree

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