Wilford Bacon Hoggatt
| Wilford Bacon Hoggatt | |
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| 6th Governor of District of Alaska | |
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In office March 10, 1906 – May 18, 1909 |
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| Nominated by | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | John Green Brady |
| Succeeded by | Walter Eli Clark |
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| Born |
September 11, 1865 Paoli, Indiana |
| Died | February 26, 1938 (aged 72) New York City |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Marie Hayden (1893–1900) Clarissa E. Millard (1908–) |
Wilford Bacon Hoggatt (September 11, 1865 – February 26, 1938) was an American naval officer and businessman who served as the sixth Governor of the District of Alaska.
Hoggatt was born to Isabell (Bacon) and William M Hoggatt on September 11, 1865 in Paoli, Indiana. He attended the United States Naval Academy, graduating in June 1884 before beginning his career as a naval officer. In 1889 Hoggatt received a four-year assignment to the US Coast and Geodetic Survey in which he surveyed the coastal waters of southeastern Alaska.
On June 12, 1893, Hoggatt married Marie Hayden of St. Louis in Washington D.C. The marriage lasted until her death in 1900. In June 1893, he graduated from the Columbian University Law School of the District of Columbia (now George Washington University Law School) with an LL.B.. He then served as a legal officer in the Judge Advocate General's Corps and as Assistant Chief of the Bureau of Equipment at the United States Naval Observatory. During the Spanish–American War, Hoggatt was appointed to the Naval Board of Strategy by President William McKinley.
Hoggatt resigned from the U.S. Navy in August 1898 and enrolled in the Columbia University School of Mines. After a year, he moved with his brother Herbert to Juneau, Alaska. There the pair purchased some mining claims and established the Juneau Mines Company at nearby Berners Bay. The business was a financial success and Hoggatt served as the company's manager.
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