Alexander Campbell (1779 – November 5, 1857) was a National Republican politician from Ohio. He served in the United States Senate.
Alexander Campbell | |
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| United States Senator from Ohio | |
| In office December 11, 1809 – March 3, 1813 | |
| Preceded by | Stanley Griswold |
| Succeeded by | Jeremiah Morrow |
| 7th Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives | |
| In office December 5, 1808 – December 3, 1809 | |
| Preceded by | Philemon Beecher |
| Succeeded by | Edward Tiffin |
| Member of the Ohio House of Representatives | |
| In office 1807–1809 | |
| Preceded by | Philip Lewis James Scott Abraham Shepherd |
| Succeeded by | William Russell Abraham Shepherd |
| Constituency | Scioto County (1807-1808) Adams County (1807-1809) |
| In office 1819–1820 | |
| Preceded by | Henry Chapman John Shaw |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Morris |
| Constituency | Clermont County |
| Member of the Ohio Senate from Brown County | |
| In office 1822–1824 | |
| Preceded by | Nathaniel Beasley |
| Succeeded by | Unknown |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1779 Frederick County, Virginia |
| Died | November 5, 1857 (aged 77–78) Ripley, Ohio |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
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 to 1813. He again served in the State House in 1819 and from 1832 to 1833, and in the Ohio State Senate from 1822 to 1824. He ran unsuccessfully for the governorship in 1826.
Ohio Presidential elector in 1820 for James Monroe.[2] Ohio Presidential elector in 1836 for William Henry Harrison.[3]
References
edit- ^ Taylor 1899 : 60
- ^ Taylor 1899 : 102
- ^ Taylor 1899 : 193
- United States Congress. "Alexander Campbell (id: C000076)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Taylor, William Alexander; Taylor, Aubrey Clarence (1899). Ohio statesmen and annals of progress: from the year 1788 to the year 1900 ... Vol. 1. State of Ohio. p. 102.