Alexander Campbell (American politician)

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

v • d • e United States Senators from Ohio

Class 1: Smith • Meigs • Worthington • Kerr • Ruggles • Morris • Tappan • Corwin • Ewing • Wade • Thurman • Sherman • Hanna • Dick • Pomerene • Fess • Donahey • H. Burton • Huffman • K. Taft • Bricker • Young • R. Taft, Jr. • Metzenbaum • DeWine • S. Brown Class 3: Worthington • Tiffin • Griswold • Campbell • Morrow • Trimble • E. Brown • Harrison • Burnet • Ewing • Allen • Chase • Pugh • Chase • Sherman • Matthews • Pendleton • Payne • Brice • Foraker • T. Burton • Harding • Willis • Locher • T. Burton • McCulloch • Bulkley • R. Taft, Sr. • Burke • Bender • Lausche • Saxbe • Metzenbaum • Glenn • Voinovich