John Campbell (South Carolina politician) explained

John Campbell
Birth Date:unknown
Birth Place:Marlboro County, South Carolina
Death Date:May 19, 1845
Death Place:Parnassus, South Carolina
Resting Place:Blenheim, South Carolina
State:South Carolina
District:4th
Term Start:March 4, 1843
Term End:March 3, 1845
Predecessor:Samuel W. Trotti
Successor:Alexander D. Sims
State2:South Carolina
District2:3rd
Term Start2:March 4, 1837
Term End2:March 3, 1843
Predecessor2:Thomas R. Mitchell
Successor2:Theodore Gourdin
Term Start3:March 4, 1829
Term End3:March 3, 1831
Predecessor3:Robert B. Campbell
Successor3:Joseph A. Woodward
Party:Jacksonian
Otherparty:Nullifier, Democratic
Profession:lawyer, politician
Alma Mater:South Carolina College

John Campbell (unknown  - died May 19, 1845) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina, brother of Robert Blair Campbell.

Born near Brownsville, Marlboro County, South Carolina, Campbell had graduated from South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina) in Columbia in 1819. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Brownsville, South Carolina. He moved to Parnassus, Marlboro District, and continued the practice of law.

Campbell was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress (March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831). Campbell was elected as a Nullifies to the Twenty-fifth Congress and as a Democrat to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843). He served as Chairman of the Committee on Elections (Twenty-sixth Congress), Committee on District of Columbia (Twenty-eighth Congress).

He died in Parnassus (now Blenheim), Marlboro County, South Carolina, on May 19, 1845. He was interred in a private cemetery near Blenheim, South Carolina.