Albert J. Campbell Explained

Albert J. Campbell
State:Montana
Term Start:March 4, 1899
Term End:March 3, 1901
Predecessor:Charles S. Hartman
Successor:Caldwell Edwards
Office2:Member of the Montana House of Representatives
Term2:1897
Birth Name:Albert James Campbell
Birth Date:12 December 1857
Birth Place:Pontiac, Michigan, U.S.
Death Place:New York City, U.S.
Resting Place:Mount Moriah Cemetery, Butte, Montana, U.S.
Party:Democratic
Alma Mater:State Agricultural College
Profession:Politician, lawyer

Albert James Campbell (December 12, 1857 – August 9, 1907) was a U.S. Representative from Montana.

Born in Pontiac, Michigan, Campbell attended the common schools and the State Agricultural College, Lansing (now Michigan State University). He taught school for several years, and then studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1881 and commenced practice in Oxford, Michigan. He moved to Clarke, Michigan, in 1882, and resumed the practice of law. He served as prosecuting attorney of Lake County, Michigan, from 1886 to 1888 when he resigned. He moved to Butte, Montana, on November 16, 1889, and continued the practice of his profession. He served as member of the Montana House of Representatives in 1897.

Campbell was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1900. He resumed the practice of law in Butte, Montana. He died in New York City, August 9, 1907. He was interred in Mount Moriah Cemetery, Butte, Montana.