John Long Routt (25 April 1826-13 August 1907) was the Republican Governor of the Colorado Territory from 29 March 1875 to 3 November 1876 (succeeding Edward M. McCook), Governor of Colorado from 3 November 1876 to 14 January 1879 (preceding Frederick W. Pitkin) and from 13 January 1891 to 10 January 1893 (succeeding Job Adams Cooper and preceding Davis H. Waite), and Mayor of Denver from 1883 to 1885 (succeeding Robert Morris and preceding Joseph E. Bates).
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John Long Routt was born in Eddyville, Kentucky in 1826, and he was raised in Bloomington, Illinois before becoming a carpenter and Sheriff of McLean County. He also served as a Union Army captain during the American Civil War, and, after the war, President Ulysses S. Grant appointed Routt to serve as Governor of the Colorado Territory in 1875. He was a popular governor despite never having made a public speech by the time of his re-election as the new state's governor in 1876. He was a strong supporter of women's rights, arranging for a speaking tour for Susan B. Anthony. He also served as Mayor of Denver from 1883 to 1885 and as the state's governor from 1891 to 1893, and he died in 1907.