Brookins Campbell

Brookins Campbell (* 1808 in Washington County , Tennessee , †  December 25, 1853 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . In 1853 he represented the state of Tennessee in the US House of Representatives .

Career

The exact date and place of birth of Brookins Campbell are unknown. He attended the common schools and then the Washington College in Lexington ( Virginia ), which later became the Washington and Lee University emerged. After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he began to work in his new profession.

Politically, Campbell was a member of the Democrats . Within this party he was an opponent of the future President Andrew Johnson , who was also to become Congressman and Governor of Tennessee. Between 1835 and 1853, Campbell served three times in the Tennessee House of Representatives . In 1845 he acted as its speaker . Campbell saw the future of the state of Tennessee in industrialization and the expansion of the railway system. During the Mexican-American War he was a major quartermaster in the US Army .

In the congressional elections of 1852 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the first constituency of Tennessee, where he succeeded Andrew Johnson on March 4, 1853, who had since been elected governor. Brookins Campbell could only exercise his mandate in Congress until December 25, 1853. That day he died of pneumonia.

Web links

• Brookins Campbell in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Brookins Campbell in the database of Find a Grave (English)