John Campbell (politician, 1795)

John Campbell (* 1795 in Brownsville , Marlboro County , South Carolina , †  May 19, 1845 in Blenheim , South Carolina) was an American politician . Between 1829 and 1831 and again from 1837 to 1845 he represented the state of South Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Life

John Campbell was the younger brother of Robert B. Campbell (1787-1862), who twice represented the state of South Carolina in Congress between 1823 and 1837 . As with his brother, John Campbell's exact date of birth is unknown. He attended South Carolina College , now the University of South Carolina in Columbia , until 1819 . After a subsequent law degree and his license to practice law, he began to practice in Brownsville in his new profession. He later moved his residence and his office to Parnassus (today's Blenheim).

Politically, he first became a member of the Democratic Party founded by President Andrew Jackson . In 1828 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC as their candidate in the third constituency of South Carolina . There he took over from Thomas R. Mitchell on March 4, 1829 . Until March 3, 1831, he could initially only complete one legislative period in Congress . During the nullification crisis , he distanced himself from President Jackson and the Democratic Party and joined the so-called Nullifiers , which even considered the state of South Carolina leaving the Union. After the crisis was resolved, Campbell rejoined the Democrats.

In the elections of 1836, John Campbell was re-elected to Congress in the first district. He represented this district between March 4, 1837 and March 3, 1839 as the successor to his brother Robert. Between 1839 and 1841 he sat for the third and from 1841 to 1845 for the fourth district of South Carolina in the US House of Representatives. The last four years have been dominated by the question of a possible annexation of the Republic of Texas , which had been independent since 1836 . From 1839 to 1841 John Campbell was chairman of the electoral committee and from 1843 to 1845 he was a member of the District of Columbia Administration Committee.

John Campbell died on May 19, 1845, just weeks after the end of his last term in the House of Representatives. He was buried in a private cemetery near Blenheim.

Web links

• John Campbell in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• John Campbell in the database of Find a Grave (English)