John Philo Hoyt (1841 - 1926)

Preceded by 3rd Territorial Governor Anson P. K. Safford

John Philo Hoyt 4th Governor of Arizona Territory 1877—1878

Succeeded by 5th Territorial Governor John C. Frémont

Biography

John Hoyt is Notable.

John Hoyt was an Appalachian.

John Hoyt was born in Ohio.

John is the son of David and Susannah (Fancher) Hoyt Arizona Territorial Governor. After serving all four years of the Civil War in the Union Army, he returned to Ohio and studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1867 and established a practice in Michigan from 1868 to 1878. He was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives and spent a term as Speaker of the House. He was appointed Secretary of the Arizona Treasury in 1876 and then served as governor from 1877 to 1878. He distinguished himself in Arizona by bringing in railroad extensions, more mining operations, and more businessmen. When the Idaho governor was removed from office for mishandling affairs during the Nez Perce War, Hoyt was appointed to succeed him, but before doing so, he also had the opportunity to investigate the misdeeds. He determined the governor had been wrongly removed and wrote the president to decline the offer. The president reinstated the governor and appointed Hoyt as an Associate Justice of the Washington Supreme Court. He managed a law office in 1887 and when Washington became a state, he became a justice on the state supreme court from 1889 to 1897. Then he joined the University of Washington, first by serving on the Board of Regents and then as a law professor.

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Sources

1. ↑ John Hoyt United States Census, 1850 [1]
2. ↑ J P Hoyt United States Census, 1860 [2]
3. ↑ J. Philo Hoyt Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995 [3]
4. ↑ John Philo Hoyt mentioned in the record of Robert Henry Waite and June Merle Hoyt [4]
5. ↑ John P Hoyt United States Census, 1900 [5]
6. ↑ John P Hoyt United States Census, 1910 [6]
7. ↑ John P Hoyt United States Census, 1920 [7]
8. ↑ John P. Hoyt mentioned in the record of Harold F. Hoyt [8]
9. ↑ John P. Hoyt Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960 [9]
10. ↑ John P. Hoyt mentioned in the record of Arthur L. Hoyt [10]
11. ↑ John P. Hoyt mentioned in the record of June H. Ferry [11]
12. ↑ ;John P Hoyt in the U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865 [12]
13. ↑ John P. Hoyt in the U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [13]
14. ↑ John P Hoyt in the U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 [14]

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