Thompson Campbell

Thompson Campbell ( * 1811 in Ireland; † December 6, 1868 in San Francisco, California ) was an American politician. Between 1851 and 1853 he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Even in his childhood came Thompson Campbell from his Irish home with his parents in the Chester County, Pennsylvania, where he later attended the public schools. After a subsequent law degree, he was admitted as a lawyer. He moved to Galena, Illinois, where he was engaged in mining. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. Between 1843 and 1846 he was Secretary of State of Illinois. In 1847 he was a member of the Constitutional Convention of his State.

In the congressional elections of 1850 Campbell was in the sixth electoral district of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Edward Dickinson Baker on March 4, 1851. Since he has not been confirmed in 1852, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1853. These were dominated by discussions on the issue of slavery.

In June 1852, Campbell delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Baltimore, was nominated on the Franklin Pierce as a presidential candidate. From 1853 to 1855 he was a farmer Federal Government Commissioner for California. He then returned to Illinois. In 1860 he was a delegate to the Federal Democratic convention in Charleston, who could not agree on a presidential candidate. In the presidential elections of that year 1860, he acted as one of the electors for John C. Breckinridge.

He then moved permanently to California. In the years 1863 and 1864 Campbell was a Unionist MP in the California State Assembly. He then became a member of the Republican Party. In June 1864 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in part in Baltimore, was nominated to the President Abraham Lincoln for re-election. He died on December 6, 1868 in San Francisco.

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