Donald Campbell (politician)

Donald Campbell (born March 25, 1830 in Alabama , †  November 8, 1871 in Austin , Texas ) was an American politician . Between 1870 and 1871 he was acting lieutenant governor of the state of Texas.

Career

In 1849 Donald Campbell graduated from Knoxville College in Tennessee . He must also have studied law because he later served as a judge. In 1858 he settled in the city of Jefferson , Texas, where he worked as a druggist and in the insurance industry. Around 1866 he also worked for the federal tax authorities. Politically, he was originally a member of the Whig Party . After the Civil War , he joined the Republican Party . In 1868 he became the chief judge in Marion County . In 1868 and 1869 Campbell was a delegate to a constitutional convention in his state. Due to his proximity to the military administration of the Union Armed Forces, which were still an occupying power in Texas at the time, he was attacked by his opponents in the county and temporarily imprisoned, but soon released.

In 1870 Campbell became a member of the Texas Senate and chairman of it as President Pro Tempore . After the resignation of Lieutenant Governor James W. Flanagan , who moved to the US Senate , he was appointed as President Pro Tempore of the State Senate, according to the state constitution, acting new Vice Governor. He held this office until his death on November 8, 1871. He was deputy to Governor Edmund J. Davis and formal chairman of the Senate. Campbell was also a member of the Freemasons .

Web links

• Donald Campbell in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• The Political Graveyard
• Donald Campbell in the Handbook of Texas