John P. Campbell

John Pierce Campbell Jr. (born December 8, 1820 in Hopkinsville , Kentucky , †  October 29, 1888 there ) was an American politician . Between 1855 and 1857 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Campbell had a good primary education. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1841, he began practicing this profession in Lexington ( Missouri ). He was also a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from 1848 to 1852 . He then returned to Hopkinsville, where he worked in agriculture. Politically, he joined the short-lived American Party .

In the congressional election of 1854 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of Kentucky , where he succeeded Benjamin E. Gray on March 4, 1855 . Since he refused to run again in 1856, he was only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1857 . This was shaped by the tensions in the run-up to the civil war .

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Campbell got into the railroad and industrial business in addition to his involvement in agriculture. In 1870 he became president of the Henderson & Nashville Railroad . Then he founded the Mastodon Coal & Iron Co. During the last years of his life he devoted himself to his extensive land holdings. John Campbell died on October 29, 1888 in his hometown of Hopkinsville.

Web links

• John P. Campbell in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John P. Campbell in the database of Find a Grave (English)