Thompson Campbell

Thompson Campbell
Thompson Campbell
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Illinois's 6th district
	In office; March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853
Preceded by	Edward Dickinson Baker
Succeeded by	Richard Yates
9th Secretary of State of Illinois
	In office; 1843–1846
Governor	Thomas Ford
Preceded by	Lyman Trumbull
Succeeded by	Horace S. Cooley
Personal details
Born	1811; Ireland
Died	December 6, 1868 (aged 56–57); San Francisco, California
Political party	Democratic

Thompson Campbell (1811 – December 6, 1868) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.

Life

Born in Ireland, Campbell immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He attended public schools, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He later moved to Galena, Illinois, and engaged in mining.

Campbell served as the Illinois Secretary of State from 1843 until his resignation in 1846. He was a delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1847. He was elected as a Democrat to the 32nd Congress in 1850, and was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1852.

He was a delegate at the 1852 Democratic National Convention and was appointed United States land commissioner for California by President Pierce in 1853 and served until he resigned in 1855. At the 1860 Democratic National Convention, he served as a delegate in Charleston, North Carolina and became an elector at large on the Breckinridge ticket.

During the Civil War, he served in the California State Assembly as a member of the Union Party and was a delegate to the 1864 Republican National Convention.

Death

He died in San Francisco, California on December 6, 1868, and is interred in Laurel Hill Cemetery.

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References

United States Congress. "Thompson Campbell (id: C000102)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

Political offices
Preceded by Lyman Trumbull	Illinois Secretary of State 1843–1846	Succeeded by Horace S. Cooley
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Edward D. Baker	United States Representative for the 6th Congressional District of Illinois 1851–1853	Succeeded by Richard Yates

External links

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