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Back to EpisodesMichigan’s First Election & Motorized Fire Engines | December 17
Episode 1752
Published 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Description
On this day in 1798, Michigan’s first American election was held in the Northwest Territory, with Solomon Sibley defeating James May amid accusations of voter bribery. In 1908, Lansing introduced the first factory-built, motorized fire engine, a milestone that would soon be adopted by manufacturers, though Detroit didn’t fully retire its horse-drawn fire engines until 1922.