{{short description|Union Army General and governor of Wyoming (1835–1880)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = John Allen Campbell | image = John_Allen_Campbell.jpg | jr/sr = | state = | term_start = April 7, 1869 | term_end = February 10, 1875 | predecessor = ''Office established'' | successor = [[John Milton Thayer]] | office1 = 1st [[Third Assistant Secretary of State]] | term_start1 = February 24, 1875 | term_end1 = November 30, 1877 | predecessor1 = ''Office established'' | successor1 = [[Charles Payson]] | office2 = | term_start2 = | term_end2 = | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | appointer3 = | term_start3 = | term_end3 = | predecessor3 = | successor3 = | office4 = | term_start4 = | term_end4 = | predecessor4 = | successor4 = | birth_date = {{birth date|1835|10|8}} | birth_place = [[Salem, Ohio]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1880|7|14|1835|10|8}} | death_place = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S. | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | spouse = Isabella Wunderly | children = | relatives = [[Harry Lane]] (grandson) | signature = | allegiance = {{flag|United States}} | branch = {{army|United States}} | service_years = 1861-1869 | rank = [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant colonel]]<br />[[File:Union Army brigadier general rank insignia.svg|35px]] [[Brevet (military)|Brevet]] [[Brigadier general (United States)|brigadier general]] | office = [[Governor of Wyoming|1st Governor of the Wyoming Territory]] | battles = [[American Civil War]] | resting_place = [[Arlington National Cemetery]] | president1 = [[Ulysses S. Grant]]<br/> [[Rutherford B. Hayes]] | appointer = [[Ulysses S. Grant]] }}
'''John Allen Campbell''' (October 8, 1835{{spaced ndash}}July 14, 1880) was a politician and officer in the [[United States Army]], as well as the first Governor of the [[Wyoming Territory]].<ref>{{cite web| url= http://wyoming.gov/chronology.aspx|title= Governors of Wyoming|publisher= State of Wyoming|access-date=July 20, 2012}}</ref>
==Biography== Campbell was born in [[Salem, Ohio]], and attended public school in Ohio.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/john-campbell|title= John Campbell|publisher= Wyoming State Historical Society |access-date= October 10, 2012}}</ref> As a young man, he was an attendee of the 1850 [[Ohio Women's Convention at Salem in 1850|Ohio Women's Rights Convention]].<ref name=":14">{{Cite web|title=Ohio's Connections|url=https://www.ohiosuffragecentennial.com/connections/|access-date=2020-09-12|website=Ohio Suffrage Centennial}}</ref> In 1861, he joined the [[Union Army]] in the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], during which time he served as a publicity writer and later as adjutant general on Major General [[John M. Schofield]]'s staff.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wyoarchives.state.wy.us/Research/Governors/Governor.asp?gov=1&criteria=gov |title=John A. Campbell (R) |publisher=Wyoming State Archives |access-date=July 21, 2012 }}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He advanced from [[lieutenant]] to [[lieutenant colonel]]. On February 24, 1866, [[President of the United States|President]] [[Andrew Johnson]] nominated Campbell for appointment to the grade of [[Brevet (military)|brevet]] [[Brigadier general (United States)|brigadier general]] of volunteers, to rank from March 13, 1865, and the [[United States Senate]] confirmed the appointment on April 10, 1866.<ref>{{cite book| last1 = Eicher | first1 = John H. | last2 = Eicher | first2 = David J. | author-link2 = David J. Eicher | publication-date= 2001 |title= Civil War High Commands | date = June 2002 | page=742 | publisher = Stanford University Press | location = Stanford, CA | isbn = 978-0-8047-3641-1 }}</ref>
John Campbell married Isabella Wunderly, daughter of Benjamin Wunderly and Rachel Knettle Wunderly, on February 1, 1872. Campbell died 8 years later. Isabella never remarried and died on September 23, 1923, in Washington, D.C. Both John and Isabella are buried at the [[Arlington National Cemetery]], Washington, D.C.<ref>[https://ancexplorer.army.mil/publicwmv/#/arlington-national/search/results/1/CghjYW1wYmVsbBIEam9obhoFYWxsZW4-/ Burial Detail: Campbell, John Allen (Section 1, Grave 568)] – ANC Explorer</ref>
==Career== Campbell continued to serve under Major General Schofield during the [[Reconstruction Period]], and in Virginia Campbell helped set up senatorial and representative districts. President [[Ulysses S. Grant]] appointed him Governor of [[Wyoming Territory]] in 1869 and again in 1873. While Governor, Campbell approved the first law in United States history explicitly granting women the right to vote. The law was approved on December 10, 1869. This day was later commemorated as Wyoming Day.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/dec10.html|title= Today in History|publisher=The Library of Congress |access-date=July 20, 2012}}</ref>
In 1875, Campbell served as [[Third Assistant Secretary of State]] under [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] [[Hamilton Fish]]. Campbell was a member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wyoarchives.state.wy.us/Research/Governors/Governor.asp?gov=1&criteria=gov |title=John A. Campbell (R) |publisher=Wyoming State Archives |access-date=July 21, 2012 }}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
Campbell was appointed American Consul at [[Basel, Switzerland]], on December 3, 1877, and resigned on February 4, 1880.<ref>{{cite web|title=John Allen Campbell|url=http://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/john-campbell|publisher=Wyoming State Archives|access-date=7 October 2012}}</ref>
==Death and legacy== Campbell died on July 14, 1880, and is interred at [[Arlington National Cemetery]] in [[Arlington, Virginia]]. [[Campbell County, Wyoming]], was named either for him or for Robert Campbell, an early trapper, who was a fur trader associated with William Henry Ashley.<ref>{{cite book | last = Urbanek | first = Mae | title = Wyoming Place Names | publisher = Mountain Press Publishing Company |location= Missoula, MT | year = 1988 | isbn = 0-87842-204-8}}</ref>
==In popular culture== * Campbell is portrayed by [[Ed Prentiss]] in the ''[[Lawman (TV series)|Lawman]]'' episode "The Truce" (1960), starring [[John Russell (actor)|John Russell]]. In the story line, a wanted outlaw, O.C. Coulsen (played by [[Robert McQueeney]]) turns himself in to Marshal Dan Troop in hopes that Governor Campbell will grant Coulsen [[clemency]], because Coulsen had saved the governor's life during the [[American Civil War]]. Meanwhile, a sheriff in pursuit seeks credit for Coulsen's arrest. The governor informs Coulsen that he must first undergo arrest and trial before there can be any consideration of a pardon. * Campbell is portrayed by [[Jake Weber]] as the provisional governor of Wyoming and overseer of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] in [[Hell on Wheels (season 4)|''Hell on Wheels''' fourth]] and [[Hell on Wheels (season 5)|fifth seasons]].
==See also== {{Portal|Biography|American Civil War|Ohio|Virginia|Christianity}} * [[List of American Civil War brevet generals (Union)]] *[[Women's suffrage in Wyoming]]
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== * [http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/jacampbl.htm John Allen Campbell] at ArlingtonCemetery.net, an unofficial website * [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/campbell5.html The Political Graveyard] * [http://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/john-campbell Wyoming State Archives] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070502110217/http://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wy-arrg0001_01.xml Governor John A. Campbell Papers], RG0001.1, Wyoming State Archives. (Gubernatorial papers) * [http://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wy-arc-1049.xml Campbell Collection, 1854–1907] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905182551/https://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wy-arc-1049.xml |date=2019-09-05 }}, C-1049, Wyoming State Archives (personal papers)
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