John Allen Campbell
John Allen Campbell ( born October 8, 1835 in Salem, Ohio; † July 14, 1880 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician and from 15 April 1869 to 1 March 1875, the first Governor of Wyoming Territory, from which on 11 October 1890, the U.S. state of Wyoming was.
Life
Campbell was born on October 8, 1835 as the fifth son of the saddler and Justice of the Peace John Campbell and his wife Rebecca Snoodgrass in Salem. In a public school educated, Campbell came early on with the Republican Party in contact, whose member he was also. In 1861 he joined the rank of Second Lieutenant in the 19th Regiment of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the United States Army a. There he was first employed as a chronicler and documented all the important events. Briefly Campbell acted as adjutant under General Daniel McCook and from March 1863 as aide on the staff of Major General John M. Schofield.
In 1864, Campbell was promoted to brigadier general and he continued his work under Schofield. Both men were involved in the aftermath of the civil war instrumental in the state of Virginia to be divided into counties and districts and to determine the term of office of the Governor. On September 1, 1866 Campbell resigned from the Army and worked for a time as an editor at a newspaper in Cleveland.
In recognition of his merits Campbell was appointed the first Governor of Wyoming Territory by President Ulysses S. Grant on April 3, 1869; He was sworn in on 15 April 1869. During his tenure there, he led the women's suffrage, which had previously existed in any other area of the United States. Was influenced this decision of his positive impression of the Sufragettenbewegung to it already as a teenager in Salem had contact.
Shortly before the end of his term, on March 1, 1875, Campbell was appointed on February 24, 1875 for the third Deputy Secretary of State ( Third Assistant Secretary of State ) under Hamilton Fish. This newly furnished Campbell held until December 3, 1877, when he to Basel ( Switzerland ) was added as Consul of the United States. On February 4, 1880 Campbell retired. He died five months later at the age of 44 years and is at the Arlington National Cemetery buried.
Honor
According to John A. Campbell, the Campbell County, one of the 23 counties designated by Wyoming, although it is unclear whether his father not also come as a name into consideration.