30th Governor of Ohio
"Edward Noyes" redirects here. For the Australian engineer, see
Noyes Brothers
.
Edward Follansbee Noyes
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In office
September 5, 1877 ? August 5, 1881
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Nominated by
| Rutherford B. Hayes
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Preceded by
| Elihu B. Washburne
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Succeeded by
| Levi P. Morton
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In office
January 8, 1872 ? January 12, 1874
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Lieutenant
| Jacob Mueller
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Preceded by
| Rutherford B. Hayes
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Succeeded by
| William Allen
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Born
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1832-10-03
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October 3, 1832
Haverhill
,
Massachusetts
, U.S.
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Died
| September 4, 1890
(1890-09-04)
(aged 57)
Cincinnati
,
Ohio
, U.S.
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Resting place
| Spring Grove Cemetery
, Cincinnati, Ohio
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Political party
| Republican
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Spouse
| Margaret W. Proctor
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Alma mater
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Allegiance
| United States
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Branch/service
| United States Army
Union Army
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Years of service
| 1861?1865
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Rank
| Brevet
Brigadier General
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Commands
| Camp Dennison
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Battles/wars
| American Civil War
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Edward Follansbee Noyes
(October 3, 1832 – September 4, 1890) was a
Republican
politician from
Ohio
. Noyes served as the 30th
governor of Ohio
.
Biography
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Noyes was born in
Haverhill, Massachusetts
. He was orphaned at the age of three and was raised in
New Hampshire
by his grandfather and a guardian. At the age of thirteen, he was apprenticed to the printer of
The Morning Star
, a religious newspaper published in
Dover, New Hampshire
. He remained an apprentice for over four years until he left to enter an academy in
Kingston, New Hampshire
. He graduated from
Dartmouth College
in 1857 (4th in a class of 57 students), then moved to
Cincinnati, Ohio
, and attended the
Cincinnati Law School
.
Noyes served in the
Union Army
during the
Civil War
. He helped organize the
39th Ohio Infantry
, and was rewarded with a commission as its first
major
on July 27, 1861. Within a few months, he had become the
regiment
's
colonel
.
Noyes married Margaret W. Proctor at Kingston, New Hampshire in February, 1863, while on leave from the army.
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He was severely wounded in his ankle in a skirmish at Ruff's Mill on July 4, 1864, during the
Atlanta Campaign
and, as a result, had his left leg amputated. Three months later,
Maj. Gen.
Joseph Hooker
assigned Noyes, who was still recuperating and using crutches, to the command of
Camp Dennison
near Cincinnati, breveted him as a
brigadier general
. Noyes commanded the post until April 22, 1865, when he resigned to become city solicitor.
He was elected in October 1866 as the probate judge of
Hamilton County
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He was elected to the governorship in 1871, besting another former Union Army officer, Col.
George W. McCook
, by more than twenty thousand votes. He served one two-year term between 1872?74, pushing for stricter
coal mine
inspection laws and promoting fish conservation. He lost re-election in 1873 by 817 votes, 50.1% - 49.9%.
In 1874, he was appointed an Ohio Commissioner of the
Centennial Exposition
in Philadelphia
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He later served as
Rutherford B. Hayes
's Minister to
France
from 1877 to 1881, a
patronage
reward for his strong support of his fellow Buckeye soldier during Hayes' presidential campaign.
He died on September 4, 1890, in
Cincinnati, Ohio
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He was buried in
Spring Grove Cemetery
in
Cincinnati, Ohio
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Notes
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References
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External links
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"Noyes, Edward Follensbee"
.
Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography
. 1900.
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