Background
He was born in Dungeness, Washington and died in Juneau, Alaska.
He was born in Dungeness, Washington and died in Juneau, Alaska.
John Troy began his professional career in journalism, starting as a newspaper reporter in Portuguese Townsend, Washington, shortly after graduating from high school there. He would publish newspapers in Washington and Alaska between 1891 and 1914. He was the editor of Alaska-Yukon Magazine from 1911 to 1912.
Following this, he was the editor of the Daily Alaskan Empire for twenty years before being appointed governor in 1933.