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John Wesley Hoyt (October 13, 1831 – May 23, 1912) was an American politician and educator. Hoyt was the third Governor of Wyoming Territory.


Early life

Hoyt was born in
Worthington, Ohio Worthington is a city in Franklin County, Ohio, United States, and is a northern suburb of Columbus. The population in the 2020 Census was 14,786. The city was founded in 1803 by the Scioto Company led by James Kilbourne, who was later elected to ...
, and graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan University in 1849. He attended the
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and Ohio Medical College before attaining his medical degree from the Eclectic Medical Institute in Ohio in 1853.


Career

In 1857, Hoyt moved to
Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...
and became active in politics. While in Wisconsin, he served as manager of the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society and was editor for the ''Wisconsin Farmer and Northern Cultivator''. He served as United States and Wisconsin commissioner to the
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in
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and again at the 1867 Exposition Universelle in
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. From 1874 to 1876, he was chairman of the Wisconsin Board of Railroad Commissioners. On April 10, 1878, President
Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford Birchard Hayes (; October 4, 1822 – January 17, 1893) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 19th president of the United States from 1877 to 1881, after serving in the U.S. House of Representatives and as governo ...
appointed Hoyt as governor of the
Territory of Wyoming The Territory of Wyoming was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 25, 1868, until July 10, 1890, when it was admitted to the Union as the State of Wyoming. Cheyenne was the territorial capital. The bo ...
, replacing John Thayer. He served in that capacity until 1882. Hoyt was a strong supporter of education. Under the direction of Secretary of State
William H. Seward William Henry Seward (May 16, 1801 – October 10, 1872) was an American politician who served as United States Secretary of State from 1861 to 1869, and earlier served as governor of New York and as a United States Senator. A determined oppon ...
he prepared a large study on education in America and Europe. In 1887, following a brief time living in
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, Hoyt returned to Wyoming to become the first president of the
University of Wyoming The University of Wyoming (UW) is a public land-grant research university in Laramie, Wyoming. It was founded in March 1886, four years before the territory was admitted as the 44th state, and opened in September 1887. The University of Wyoming ...
. He later lobbied strongly for the creation of a national university. He died in
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, on May 29, 1912, and was buried at Glenwood Cemetery.


Legacy

John Wesley Hoyt is the namesake of
Hoyt Peak Hoyt Peak is a summit located on the shared border of Yellowstone National Park and North Absaroka Wilderness, in Park County, Wyoming. It was named for John Wesley Hoyt (1831–1912), third Governor of Wyoming Territory. The mountain's name ...
in
Yellowstone National Park Yellowstone National Park is an American national park located in the western United States, largely in the northwest corner of Wyoming and extending into Montana and Idaho. It was established by the 42nd U.S. Congress with the Yellowst ...
.


References


Further reading

* Hoyt, John Wesley.


External links

*
The Political Graveyard
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hoyt, John Wesley 1831 births 1912 deaths People from Worthington, Ohio Businesspeople from Wisconsin Editors of Wisconsin newspapers Governors of Wyoming Territory Ohio Wesleyan University alumni 19th-century American politicians Journalists from Ohio Presidents of the University of Wyoming 19th-century American businesspeople Burials at Glenwood Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)