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	c. 1811 Ireland
Died	December 6, 1868(1868-12-06) (aged 56–57) San Francisco, California
Resting place	Laurel Hill Cemetery
Political party	Democratic

Thompson Campbell (c. 1811 – December 6, 1868) was an American businessman and lawyer who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1851 to 1853.

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.

Political career

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.

References

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

External links

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress