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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Predicate Object
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 ⓘ