Campbell, James R
journalist, congressman, was born May 4, 1853, in Hamilton county, Ill. In 1878 he purchased The Times of McLeansboro, Ill., and has since edited it. He was elected to the Illinois house of representatives in 1884 and 1886; advanced to the senate in 1888, and re-elected in 1892. During these twelve years' continuous service in the general assembly of Illinois he participated in the memorable Morrison-Logan contest for the United States senate, in the session of 1885; and was one of the 101 democrats that elected Gen. John M.
Palmer United States senator in 1891.
He has served for the past twelve years as a member of the judiciary, appropriation, revenue, and agricultural committees, and during this time introduced and secured the passage of many important bills of interest to the citizens of Illinois. He was elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a democrat.
CAMPBELL, JAMES VALENTINE, jurist, author, was born Feb. 25, 1823, in Buffalo, N. Y. He was a Michigan jurist, and the author of Outlines of the Political History of Michigan. He died March 26, 1890, in Detroit, Mich.
CAMPBELL, JEREMIAH ROCKWELL, business man, was born Nov. 26, 1827, in Boston, Mass. He has attained success in the hotel business; and was active in organizing the Jacksonville loan and improvement company.