Johnson N. Camden

Johnson Newlon Camden (born March 6, 1828 in Lewis County , Virginia , †  April 25, 1908 in Baltimore , Maryland ) was an American politician ( Democratic Party ) who represented the state of West Virginia in the US Senate .

Johnson Camden was born in what is now West Virginia and attended school in Sutton . In 1846 he entered the US Military Academy at West Point as a cadet , which he left at his own request in 1848. He then studied law , was admitted to the bar and began practicing in Sutton in 1851. That same year he was appointed Braxton County Attorney General. In 1852 he took over this office in Nicholas County . At that time he was also active as an entrepreneur in the petroleum industry and the manufacturing industry. In 1862 he became the first president of the First National Bank in Parkersburg .

After the founding of the state of West Virginia, Camden began to be active in politics. In 1868 he ran for gubernatorial elections , but was defeated by Republican William E. Stevenson . Four years later he ran again and lost to incumbent John J. Jacob . Finally, he was elected to the US Senate in 1880, to which he initially belonged from March 4, 1881 to March 3, 1887. After returning to the Parkersburg lawyer for some time, he returned to Congress on January 25, 1893 , succeeding the late Senator John E. Kenna . Camden ended his term of office, which ran until March 3, 1895, and was among other things chairman of the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expense and a member of the railway committee.

After the end of his political career, Johnson Camden went back to his business activities. He died in Baltimore in 1908 and was buried in Parkersburg. His son Johnson also became a politician and sat for Kentucky in the US Senate.

Web links

• Johnson N. Camden in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Johnson N. Camden in the database of Find a Grave (English)