Campbell, James – Campbell, John Tyler
Campbell, James
lawyer, jurist, was born in 1813 in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1842 he was a judge of common pleas, and held the position until 1850. In 1852 he was made attorney-general for the state, and in 1853 went into the cabinet of President Pierce, as postmaster-general.
Campbell, James A
physician, author, was born Jan. 12, 1847, in Platteville, Wis. He was appointed oculist of the Good Samaritan hospital in 1873. He was also chosen professor of ophthalmology and otology in the Home Medical college of Missouri. When the Children's free hospital of St. Louis was founded, in 1879, he was appointed a member of its staff of physicians.
Campbell, James E
lawyer, congressman, governor, was born July 17, 1843, in Middletown, Ohio. He served in the United States Navy during the civil war, and was prosecuting attorney of Butler county, Ohio, from 1876 to 1880. In 1882 he was elected a representative from Ohio to the forty-eighth congress, and was re-elected to the forty-ninth congress as a democrat. In 1889 he was elected governor of Ohio.
Campbell, James Garland
clergyman, was born Jan. 30, 1863, in Gallipo- He graduated from the De lis, Ohio.
Pauw university, and from the Allegheny college; and has received the degrees of A. B. and Ph. D. He is a successful clergyman in the northwest Indiana conference of the methodist episcopal church, and has filled pastorates in many important churches in Indiana. He is the superintendent of the literary department of Epworth League for Indiana; was a delegate to the International Epworth League convention held in Cleveland in 1893, and also in Toronto, Canada, in 1897.
Campbell, James H
lawyer, congressman, was born Feb. 8, 1820, in Williamsport, Pa. He was a member of the Whig convention at Baltimore; was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1855 to 1857, and again from 1858 to 1861. He was re-elected to the thirty-seventh congress; in 1864 was appointed minister resident to Sweden; and in 1866 was made minister to Bogota. was
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.
Campbell, Jesse H
clergyman, author, was born Feb. 10, 1807, in McIntosh county, Ga. He is one of the most laborious and useful preachers in his native state. His chief literary work is Georgia Baptists-Historical and Biographical.
Campbell, John
financier, was born in Virginia. In 1829 he was appointed treasurer of the United States, and remained in office until 1839.
Campbell, John
jurist, congressman. He was a representative in congress from Maryland from 1801 to 1811; and was judge of the orphans' court in Charles county. He died June 23, 1828, in Charles county, Md.
Campbell, John
congressman, was born in South Carolina. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1829 to 1831, and again from 1837 to 1845.
He died May 19, 1845, in Marlborough, S. C.
Campbell, John
congressman. He was a representative in congress from Kentucky from 1837 to 1843.
Campbell, John
journalist, was born in 1653 in Scotland. He was a Boston bookseller, and on April 24, 1704, issued the Boston News-Letter, the first permanent newspaper published in North America. He was postmaster of Boston for many years, ending with 1718, and was for several years justice of the peace for Suffolk county. He died March, 1728, in Boston, Mass.
Campbell, John
surgeon, was born about 1822 in New York. He was promoted surgeon in 1861, acting through the civil war in that grade, and at its close received brevets of lieutenant-colonel and colonel, U. S. A., for faithful and meritorious services. He was advanced to the full rank of lieutenant-colonel in 1877; colonel in 1885, and placed on the retired list in 1885.
Campbell, John Allen
soldier, governor, was born Oct. 8, 1835, in Salem, Ohio. He entered the volunteer army as second lieutenant, and was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general for courage in the field and marked ability and fidelity at Rich Mountain, Shiloh, Perryville, Murfreesborough, and through the Atlanta campaign. In 1866 he became assistant editor of the Cleveland Daily Leader; was soon appointed in the regular army, and made a lieutenant-colonel, serving as adjutant on the staff of General Schofield. In 1869 he was appointed the first governor of the territory of Wyoming; and reappointed in 1873. He died July 14, 1880, in Washington, D. C.
Campbell, John Archibald
lawyer, jurist, was born June 24, 1811, in Washington, Ga. He was appointed an associate justice of the supreme court of the United States, which office he resigned in 1861, after the commencement of the rebellion. He was opposed to the secession of Alabama, and in 1864 did all in his power to bring the war to a close.
He died March 12, 1889, in Baltimore, Md.
Campbell, John G
statesman, was born June 25, 1827, at Glasgow, Scotland.
In 1863 he settled in the territory of Arizona; filled various county offices; was a member of the territorial council in 1868 and 1874; and was elected a delegate from the territory of Arizona to the forty-sixth congress.
Campbell, John H
congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from 1845 to 1847, declining the renomination. He died Jan. 19, 1868, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Campbell, John Lyle
educator, author, was born Dec. 7, 1818, in Rockbridge county, Va. He was a professor of chemistry at Washington and Lee college, 1851-86, and was the author of Manual of Scientific and Practical Agriculture; Idaho, Six Months in the New Gold Diggings; Guide to the Agricultural and Mineral West; and Geology and Mineral Resources of the James River Valley, Virginia. He died Feb. 2, 1886, in Lexington, Va.
Campbell, John P
congressman, was born in Kentucky. He was a member of the state house of representatives from Christian county, in 1826; and a representative in congress from Kentucky to the thirty-fourth congress.
Campbell, John Poage
clergyman, author, was born in 1767 in Virginia. He was a popular clergyman on the Ohio border, and the author of The Passenger; Strictures on Stone's Letters on the Atonement; Vindex; Letters to the Rev.
Mr. Craighead; The Pelagian Defeated; and An Answer to Jones. He died Nov. 4, 1814, in Chillicothe, Ohio.
Campbell, John Preston
lawyer, author, poet, was born April 8, 1847, in Boston, Mass. He attended the South Medfield and Walpole high schools, Massachusetts; and the Cornell college of Mount Vernon, Iowa. He served as a union soldier during the civil war in battery H, first Rhode Island light artillery; was corporal, and subsequently brevetted sergeant, for bravery in battle. He was in the battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Petersburgh, Chantilla, and Sailors' Creek. He was in the army of the Potomac, and was wounded three times. He is the author of the following novels: Merl of Medavon; My Mate Immortal; The Woman of Chalk; and others. He is also author of the following poetical works: Queen Sylvia; The Summerless Sea; Republica; and The Land of Sun and Song. For many years he conducted a successful law business in Abilene, Kan.; and now devotes his time to literature in Washington, D. C.
Campbell, John Tyler
soldier, lawyer, orator, author, was born Sept. 9, 1843, in Bowling Green, Mo. He was educated in the common schools, and at the McGee college; and taught school. In 1861 he entered the union army and attained the rank of captain in the thirty-second regiment Missouri volunteer infantry. After the war he was elected prosecuting attorney; and in 1870 was corporation attorney of Kansas City, Mo.
Since 1874 he has practiced law in Santa Rosa, Cal.; and has served two sessions in the California state legislature, once as speaker of the house. He was appointed consul of the United States to New Zealand, and again appointed consul to China. He was president of the board of freeholders appointed to frame a charter for Santa Rosa. He stands high in Masonic circles. He has traveled extensively in China, Japan, and the south seas; has written and published numerous short stories; and delivered orations and public lectures.