John Allen Campbell

John Allen Campbell (October 8, 1835 – July 14, 1880) was a politician and officer in the U.S. Army. Campbell was the first Governor of the Wyoming Territory.

Biography
Campbell was born in Salem, Ohio, and attended public school in Ohio. In 1861, Campbell joined the Union Army in the Civil War. He served as a publicity writer and later as adjutant general on Major General John M. Schofield's staff. He advanced from lieutenant to brevet brigadier general.

Career
Campbell continued to serve under Major General Schofield during the Reconstruction Period, and in Virginia 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.

In 1875, Campbell served as Third Assistant Secretary of State under Secretary of State Hamilton Fish. Campbell was a member of the Republican Party.

Campbell was appointed American Consul at Basel, Switzerland, on December 3,1877, and resigned on February 4, 1880.

Death and legacy
Campbell died on July 14, 1880 and is interred at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.

Campbell County, Wyoming, is named after him.

Campbell was portrayed by the actor Ed Prentiss in the 1960 episode "The Truce" of the ABC western television series, Lawman, starring John Russell. In the story line, a wanted outlaw, O. C. Coulsen, played by Robert McQueeney, turns himself into 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.