Isaac Roop
Isaac Newton Roop (March 13, 1822 – February 14, 1869) was a lifelong member of the Whig party, United States politician, and pioneer. In 1859, he was the first elected (provisional) governor of the newly proposed Nevada Territory.
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“Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.”
—Bible: Hebrew Jacob, in Genesis, 27:11.
To his mother Rebekah, explaining how the blind Isaac might discover the ploy of his pretending to be Esau. “Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.” (25:27)