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 April 15, 1869 to March 1, 1875 the first governor of the Wyoming Territory , which became the state of Wyoming on October 11, 1890 .

Life

Campbell was born on October 8, 1835, the fifth son of the saddler and justice of the peace John Campbell and his wife Rebecca Snoodgrass in Salem. Raised in a public school, Campbell came into contact with the Republican Party at an early age , of which he also became a member. In 1861 he joined the United States Army in the 19th Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry with the rank of Second Lieutenant . There he was initially employed as a chronicler and documented all important events. For a short time Campbell served as an orderly officer under General Daniel McCook and from March 1863 as an adjutant on the staff of Major General John M. Schofield .

In 1864 Campbell was promoted to brigadier general and continued his work under Schofield. Both men were instrumental in dividing the state of Virginia into counties and districts and determining the governor's term in the post- Civil War period . On September 1, 1866, Campbell resigned from the army and worked for some time as an editor for a newspaper in Cleveland .

In recognition of his services, Campbell was appointed first governor of the Wyoming Territory by US President Ulysses S. Grant on April 3, 1869; He was sworn in on April 15, 1869. During his tenure, he introduced women's suffrage there, which had not previously existed in any other area of the United States. This decision was influenced by his positive impression of the suffragette movement , with which he had already been in contact as a teenager in Salem.

Shortly before the end of his term, on 1 March 1875 Campbell was born on February 24, 1875 for the third Deputy Foreign Minister ( Third Assistant Secretary of State ) to Hamilton Fish appointed. Campbell held this newly established office until December 3, 1877, when he was transferred to Basel ( Switzerland ) as consul of the USA . Campbell retired on February 4, 1880. He died five months later at the age of 44 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

Honor

Campbell County , one of the 23 counties of Wyoming, was named after John A. Campbell , although it is unclear whether his father could also be the namesake.

Movies

In the series Hell on Wheels , Campbell is one of the main protagonists in the fourth season and is played by Jake Weber .

literature

Dale Shaffer: Salem: A Quaker City History , Arcadia Publishing, 2002, ISBN 0-7385-2354-2
Whitelaw Reid : Ohio in the War; Her Statesmen, Her Generals, and Soldiers. Moore, Wilstach & Baldwin, 1868

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Dale Shaffer: Salem: A Quaker City History , Arcadia Publishing, 2002, pp. 76-77, ISBN 0-7385-2354-2
↑ Joseph Nathan Kane, Charles Curry Aiken: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, and Population Data, 1950-2000. Scarecrow Press, 2005, page 42, ISBN 0-8108-5036-2

personal data
SURNAME	Campbell, John Allen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	October 8, 1835
PLACE OF BIRTH	Salem , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH	July 14, 1880
Place of death	Washington, DC

[1] Dale Shaffer: Salem: A Quaker City History , Arcadia Publishing, 2002, pp. 76-77, ISBN 0-7385-2354-2

[2] Joseph Nathan Kane, Charles Curry Aiken: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, and Population Data, 1950-2000. Scarecrow Press, 2005, page 42, ISBN 0-8108-5036-2