Alexander Campbell (American politician)
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Alexander Campbell (1779 – November 5, 1857) was a National Republican politician from Ohio. He served in the United States Senate.
Born in Frederick County, Virginia, Campbell moved to eastern Tennessee and then to Kentucky with his parents. After studying medicine at Transylvania University, Campbell moved to Ohio in 1803, settling in Adams County a year later. He served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1807 until 1809-12-12, when he resigned his position to be a U.S. Senator.[1] An early anti-slavery campaigner, he had been unsuccessful in his candidacy for the U.S. Senate in 1808, but won a special election to the state's other seat a few months later and served from 1809–1813. He again served in the State House in 1819 and from 1832–1833, and in the Ohio State Senate from 1822-1824. He ran unsuccessfully for the governorship in 1826.
[edit] References
- ^ Taylor, William A. (1899). Ohio Statesmen and Annals of Progress, from the Year 1788 to the Year 1900. Columbus, Ohio: Westbote, v. 1, p. 60.
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Philemon Beecher |
Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives 1808-12-05 – 1809-12-03 |
Succeeded by Edward Tiffin |
| Ohio House of Representatives | ||
| Preceded by Philip Lewis James Scott Abraham Shepherd |
Representative from Adams and Scioto Counties 1807–1808 Served alongside: Andrew Ellison; Philip Lewis, Jr. |
District eliminated |
| New district | Representative from Adams County 1808 – 1809-12-12 Served alongside: Andrew Ellison (1808–1809), Abraham Shepherd (1809) |
Succeeded by William Russell Abraham Shepherd |
| Preceded by Henry Chapman John Shaw |
Representative from Clermont County 1819–1820 Served alongside: David Morris |
Succeeded by Thomas Morris |
| United States Senate | ||
| Preceded by Stanley Griswold |
United States Senator (Class 3) from Ohio 1809-12-11 – 1813-03-03 Served alongside: Return J. Meigs, Jr., Thomas Worthington |
Succeeded by Jeremiah Morrow |
| Preceded by Elisha Mathewson |
Most Senior Living U.S. Senator (Sitting or Former) 1853-10-14 – 1857-11-05 |
Succeeded by George M. Bibb |
| Ohio Senate | ||
| Preceded by Nathaniel Beasley |
Senator from Brown County 1822–1824 |
Succeeded by Unknown |
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