John Wesley Hoyt

John Wesley Hoyt (* 1831 in Worthington, Franklin County, Ohio, † May 29 1912 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician ( Republican party ) and teacher.

Career

Hoyt graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University and erlang a degree from a medical school in Ohio. In 1857 he moved to Wisconsin, where he was politically active. He also worked there as a manager of the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society and as editor of the Wisconsin Farmer and Northern Cultivator. He worked in 1862 as a representative of the United States and the State of Wisconsin at the International Exhibition in London and then again in 1867 at the Exposition Universelle in Paris. From 1874 to 1876 he was chairman of the Wisconsin State Railway Association.

On April 10, 1878 President Rutherford B. Hayes Hoyt appointed governor of Wyoming Territory, to replace John M. Thayer. He held the office until 1882. Hoyt was a strong supporter of education. Under the leadership of Secretary of State William Steward, he completed a major study on education in America and Europe. In 1887 he lived for a time in California and then returned to Wyoming, where he became the first president of the University of Wyoming. Later, he greatly influenced the creation of a national university.