John Campbell (1795–1845)

John Campbell ( * 1795 in Brownsville, Marlboro County, South Carolina, † May 19 1845 in Blenheim, South Carolina ) was an American politician. Between 1829 and 1831, and again from 1837 to 1845, he represented the state of South Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Campbell was the younger brother of Robert B. Campbell (1787-1862), who represented 1823-1837 twice the state of South Carolina in Congress. As with his brother John Campbell's exact birth date is unknown. He attended until 1819, the South Carolina College, today's University of South Carolina in Columbia. After a subsequent study of law and qualifying as a lawyer, he began to practice in his new profession in Brownsville. Later he transferred his residence and his law firm after Parnassus (today Blenheim ).

Politically he was first a member of the founded by President Andrew Jackson Democratic Party. In 1828, he was as their candidate in the third constituency of South Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he entered on March 4, 1829, the successor of Thomas R. Mitchell. Until March 3, 1831, he was initially able to do only one term in Congress. During the Nullifikationskrise he distanced himself from President Jackson and the Democratic Party and joined the so-called Nullifiers, which even attracted a leakage of the State of South Carolina from the Union to consider. After the settlement of the crisis, Campbell rejoined the Democrats.

In the elections of 1836 John Campbell was re-elected to Congress in the first district. This district he represented between 4 March 1837, and March 3, 1839, succeeding his brother Robert. Between 1839 and 1841 he sat for the third and 1841-1845 for the fourth district of South Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives. The last four years have been dominated by the question of a possible annexation of the independent Republic of Texas since 1836. From 1839 to 1841 was John Campbell Chairman of the Election Committee and from 1843 to 1845 he was a member of the Committee on the Administration of the Federal District District of Columbia.

John Campbell died on May 19, 1845 just weeks after the end of his final term in the House of Representatives. He was buried in a private cemetery near Blenheim.