- Thompson Campbell
Thompson Campbell (
1811 -December 6 ,1868 ) was a U.S. Representative fromIllinois .Born in
Ireland , Campbell immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled inChester County, Pennsylvania . He attended public schools, studied law, and was admitted to the bar inPittsburgh, Pennsylvania . He later moved toGalena, 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 forCalifornia by President Pierce in 1853 and served until he resigned in 1855.At the
1860 Democratic National Convention , he served as a delegate inCharleston, North Carolina and became an elector at large on the Breckinridge ticket.During the Civil War, he served in the
California House of Representatives as a member of theUnion Party and was a delegate to the1864 Republican National Convention .He died in
San Francisco, California onDecember 6 ,1868 and is interred in Laurel Hill Cemetery.References
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