John Hull Campbell Explained

John Hull Campbell
Birth Date:10 October 1800
Birth Place:York, Pennsylvania, US
Death Place:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Resting Place:Lawnview Memorial Park, Rockledge, Pennsylvania, US
State1:Pennsylvania
District1:3rd
Term Start1:March 4, 1845
Term End1:March 3, 1847
Preceded1:John T. Smith
Succeeded1:Charles Brown
Office2:Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Term2:1831
Party:American Party

John Hull Campbell (October 10, 1800 – January 19, 1868) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who was an American Party member in the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district from 1845 to 1847.

Early life and education

Campbell was born in York, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in Philadelphia in 1823 and commenced practice there.

Career

Campbell was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1831.[1]

Campbell was elected as a candidate of the American Party to the Twenty-ninth Congress.[2] He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1846 and instead resumed his law practic He died in Philadelphia in 1868.

He was interred in Monument Cemetery in Philadelphia and reinterred in 1956 at Lawnview Memorial Park in Rockledge, Pennsylvania.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Campbell, J. . Political Graveyard. 1 January 2019.
  2. Encyclopedia: Kopaczewski . James . Nativism . The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia . 1 January 2019.