Timothy J. Campbell

Timothy J. Campbell, around 1870

Timothy John Campbell (born January 8, 1840 in County Cavan , Ireland , † April 7, 1904 in New York City ) was an American lawyer and politician . He represented New York State in the US House of Representatives between 1885 and 1889 and between 1891 and 1895 .

Career

Timothy John Campbell was born in County Cavan in January 1840. The Campbell family then immigrated to the United States in 1845 and settled in New York City, where he attended public schools. He was doing an apprenticeship as a printer . Then he studied law . He was admitted to the bar in 1869 and then began practicing in New York City. He was a member of the New York State Assembly between 1868 and 1873 and in 1875 and 1883 . Campbell was a judge on the fifth district civil court in New York City from 1875 to 1883 . Then he sat in the New York Senate in 1884 and 1885 . Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party .

On November 3, 1885, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the eighth constituency of New York to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Samuel S. Cox . After a successful re-election, he suffered a defeat in 1888 and resigned from Congress on March 3, 1889 . As a congressman, he chaired the Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings ( 50th Congress ). In 1890 he was re-elected to the eighth constituency of New York and succeeded John H. McCarthy on March 4, 1891 . In the congressional elections of 1892 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in the ninth constituency of New York, where he succeeded Amos J. Cummings on March 4, 1893 . In 1894 he suffered a defeat in his re-election and left Congress after March 3, 1895.

After his time in Congress, he returned to practice as a lawyer in New York City. He died there on April 7, 1904 and was then buried in Calvary Cemetery in Woodside ( Queens ).

Web links

• Timothy J. Campbell in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Timothy J. Campbell in the database of Find a Grave (English)