James Hepburn Campbell
Born: February 8, 1820
Birthplace: Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Father: Francis Caldwell Campbell 1787 – 1867
Mother: Jane Hepburn 1795 – 1867
Wife: Juliet Hamersley Lewis 1823 – 1898
(Buried: Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Children:
Francis Duncan Campbell 1845 – 1864
(Buried: Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
James Hepburn Campbell Jr. 1847 – 1864
(Buried: Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Julia Wharton Campbell Knightley 1851 – 1915
Ellis Lewis Campbell 1854 – 1900
(Buried: Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Political Party: Whig Party, Opposition Party and Republican Party
Education:
1841: Graduated from Dickinson College Law School
Occupation before War:
1841 – 1855: Attorney in Pottsville, Pennsylvania
1844: Pennsylvania Delegate to Whig Party National Convention
1855 – 1857: United States Congressman from Pennsylvania
1855 – 1857: Member of House Ways and Means Committee
1856: Unsuccessful Candidate for reelection to U.S. Congress.
1859 – 1863: United States Congressman from Pennsylvania
1859 – 1863: Member of House Elections Committee
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1863: Member of House Treasury Expenditures Committee
1861 – 1863: Member of House Pacific Railroad Committee
1862: Choose not to be a candidate for reelection to U.S. Congress.
Only missed 477 roll call votes in his entire congressional career.
1863 – 1864: Major of 25th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
1864 – 1867: United States Minister to Sweden
Occupation after War:
1867: Declined diplomatic mission to Colombia.
1867 – 1895: Attorney in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died: April 12, 1895
Place of Death: Aeola Estate near Wayne, Pennsylvania
Age at time of Death: 75 years old
Burial Place: Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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