Edward Follansbee Noyes

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Edward Follansbee Noyes
United States Minister toFrance
In office September 5, 1877 – August 5, 1881
Nominated by	Rutherford B. Hayes
Preceded by	Elihu B. Washburne
Succeeded by	Levi P. Morton
30thGovernor of Ohio
In office January 8, 1872 – January 12, 1874
Lieutenant	Jacob Mueller
Preceded by	Rutherford B. Hayes
Succeeded by	William Allen
Personal details
Born	(1832-10-03)October 3, 1832 Haverhill,Massachusetts,U.S.
Died	September 4, 1890(1890-09-04)(aged 57) Cincinnati,Ohio,U.S.
Resting place	Spring Grove Cemetery,Cincinnati, Ohio
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Margaret W. Proctor
Alma mater	Dartmouth College Cincinnati Law School
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army Union Army
Years of service	1861–1865
Rank	BrevetBrigadier General
Commands	Camp Dennison
Battles/wars	American Civil War

Edward Follansbee Noyes(October 3, 1832 – September 4, 1890) was aRepublicanpolitician fromOhio.Noyes served as the 30thgovernor of Ohio.

Biography

Noyes was born inHaverhill, Massachusetts.He was orphaned at the age of three and was raised inNew Hampshireby his grandfather and a guardian. At the age of thirteen, he was apprenticed to the printer ofThe Morning Star,a religious newspaper published inDover, New Hampshire.He remained an apprentice for over four years until he left to enter an academy inKingston, New Hampshire.He graduated fromDartmouth Collegein 1857 (4th in a class of 57 students), then moved toCincinnati, Ohio,and attended theCincinnati Law School.

Noyes served in theUnion Armyduring theCivil War.He helped organize the39th Ohio Infantry,and was rewarded with a commission as its firstmajoron July 27, 1861. Within a few months, he had become theregiment'scolonel.

Noyes married Margaret W. Proctor at Kingston, New Hampshire in February, 1863, while on leave from the army.

He was severely wounded in his ankle in a skirmish at Ruff's Mill on July 4, 1864, during theAtlanta Campaignand, as a result, had his left leg amputated. Three months later,Maj. Gen.Joseph Hookerassigned Noyes, who was still recuperating and using crutches, to the command ofCamp Dennisonnear Cincinnati, breveted him as abrigadier 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 ofHamilton County.

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 strictercoal mineinspection 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 theCentennial Expositionin Philadelphia

He later served asRutherford B. Hayes's Minister toFrancefrom 1877 to 1881, apatronagereward for his strong support of his fellow Buckeye soldier during Hayes' presidential campaign.

He died on September 4, 1890, inCincinnati, Ohio.He was buried inSpring Grove CemeteryinCincinnati, Ohio.

References

• Ohio Governors - bio of Noyes
• Ohio Historical Society webpage for Governor Noyes
• Gilkey, Elliott Howard, ed. (1901).The Ohio Hundred Year Book: a Handbook of the Public Men and Public Institutions of Ohio...State of Ohio.
• Reid, Whitelaw(1895)."Edward Follansbee Noyes".Ohio in the War Her Statesmen Generals and Soldiers.Vol. 1. Cincinnati:The Robert Clarke Company.p. 978.

External links

• Edward Follansbee NoyesatFind a Grave

"Noyes, Edward Follensbee".Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography.1900.[sic]