John L. Routt

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human politician

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 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
politician ⓘ
appointedBy Ulysses S. Grant NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Republican politics in Colorado ⓘ
burialPlace Fairmount Cemetery, Denver NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
familyName Routt NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName John NERFINISHED ⓘ
honorificEponym Routt County, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ
Routt National Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ
livedIn Colorado Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ
Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party ⓘ
militaryBranch Union Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld Governor of Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mayor of Denver ⓘ
Territorial Governor of Colorado ⓘ
religion Methodism NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ
Denver, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Eliza Pickrell Routt NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime 1876 ⓘ
stateRepresented Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Governor of Colorado → firstHolder → John L. Routt ⓘ
Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Illinois → hasNotableBurial → John L. Routt ⓘ
subject surface form: Evergreen Memorial Cemetery