John L. Routt

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John L. Routt was an American politician who became the first governor of the state of Colorado after its admission to the Union in 1876.

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John L. Routt canonical 3

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instanceOf human
politician
appointedBy Ulysses S. Grant
associatedWith Republican politics in Colorado
burialPlace Fairmount Cemetery, Denver
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
familyName Routt
givenName John
honorificEponym Routt County, Colorado
Routt National Forest
livedIn Colorado Territory
Illinois
Tennessee
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party
militaryBranch Union Army
militaryRank colonel
notableEvent Colorado statehood in 1876
notableFor being the first Governor of the State of Colorado
service as both territorial and state governor of Colorado
support for women’s suffrage in Colorado
notableWork oversaw transition of Colorado from territory to state
occupation politician
officeAssumed Governor of Colorado in 1876
Territorial Governor of Colorado in 1875
participatedIn American Civil War
positionHeld Governor of Colorado
Mayor of Denver
Territorial Governor of Colorado
religion Methodism
residence Colorado
Denver, Colorado
sexOrGender male
spouse Eliza Pickrell Routt
startTime 1876
stateRepresented Colorado

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Governor of Colorado firstHolder John L. Routt
Evergreen Memorial Cemetery hasNotableBurial John L. Routt
Territory of Colorado notableGovernor John L. Routt