John Hull Campbell
John Hull Campbell | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 3rd district | |
In office March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 | |
Preceded by | John T. Smith |
Succeeded by | Charles Brown |
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives | |
In office 1831 | |
Personal details | |
Born | York, Pennsylvania, US | October 10, 1800
Died | January 19, 1868 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US | (aged 67)
Resting place | Lawnview Memorial Park, Rockledge, Pennsylvania, US |
Political 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
[edit]Campbell was born in York, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in Philadelphia in 1823 and commenced practice there.
Career
[edit]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]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Campbell, J." Political Graveyard. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
- ^ Kopaczewski, James. "Nativism". The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
External links
[edit]- United States Congress. "John Hull Campbell (id: C000093)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- 1800 births
- 1868 deaths
- Burials at Lawnview Memorial Park
- Burials at Monument Cemetery
- Know-Nothing members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- Pennsylvania Know Nothings
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- Politicians from Philadelphia
- Politicians from York, Pennsylvania
- 19th-century American lawyers
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- 19th-century members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly
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