John Wilson Campbell

Born on February 23, 1782, near Miller's Iron Works[1] in Augusta County, Virginia,[2] Campbell attended the common schools, taught school, then read law in 1808.[2] He was admitted to the bar and entered private practice in West Union, Ohio from 1808 to 1826.[2] He was prosecutor for Adams County, Ohio from 1809 to 1817.[2] He was a Justice of the Peace for Tiffin Township, Adams County, Ohio from 1809 to 1815.[2] He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives in 1810, and from 1815 to 1817.[2]

Campbell was elected as a Democratic-Republican from Ohio's 2nd congressional district and Ohio's 5th congressional district to the United States House of Representatives of the 15th through the 17th United States Congresses. reelected as a Jackson Democratic-Republican to the 18th United States Congress, and as a National Republican to the 19th United States Congress, serving from March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1827.[1] He was Chairman of the Committee on Private Land Claims for the 16th through the 19th United States Congresses.[1] He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1826.[1] Following his departure from Congress, Campbell resumed private practice in Brown County, Ohio from 1826 to 1829.[2]

Campbell was nominated by President Andrew Jackson on March 6, 1829, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Ohio vacated by Judge William Creighton Jr.[2] He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 7, 1829, and received his commission the same day.[2] His service terminated on September 24, 1833, due to his death in Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio.[2] He was interred in Old North Cemetery in Columbus, Ohio.[1]

• United States Congress. "John Wilson Campbell (id: C000095)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• John Wilson Campbell at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
• John Wilson Campbell at Find a Grave
•  This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.