Thompson Campbell
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's Template:Ushr district | |
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| Preceded by | Edward Dickinson Baker |
| Succeeded by | Richard Yates |
| 9th Secretary of State of Illinois | |
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| Governor | Thomas Ford |
| Preceded by | Lyman Trumbull |
| Succeeded by | Horace S. Cooley |
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| Resting place | Laurel Hill Cemetery |
| Party | Democratic |
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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
Thompson Campbell's parents immigrated to the United States in 1801, and settled in Kennett Square, Chester County, Pennsylvania for ten years. 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
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