Background
Ed Hoyt Campbell was born on March 6, 1882 in Battle Creek, Iowa, United States. He was a son of Romeo H. and Hattie Campbell.
Ed Hoyt Campbell was born on March 6, 1882 in Battle Creek, Iowa, United States. He was a son of Romeo H. and Hattie Campbell.
Campbell attended the public schools of his native city, and was graduated from the University of Iowa College of Law in 1906.
When Iowa lost two seats in Congress due to the 1930 census, Campbell"s district was renumbered but its boundaries were left intact. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Battle Creek. Two years later, he was elected as mayor of Battle Creek, and served until 1911.
That year, he was elected to the Iowa House of Representatives, where he served until 1913. During the First World War Campbell served as a private in Company Six, First Officers Training School, at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. Following his discharge, he was elected to the Iowa Senate in 1920. He served two four-year terms, serving as president pro tempore from 1924 to 1926. In 1928, Campbell was elected as a Republican to the United States. House of Representatives, to represent Iowa"s 11th congressional district (in northwestern Iowa). He was re-elected two years later.
Iowa lost two seats in Congress due to the 1930 census, which required the 1931 Iowa Legislature to reapportion the state"s congressional districts for the first time in over four decades. Franklin Doctorate. Roosevelt"s landslide election also carried many Democrats to victory. Campbell was one of several incumbent Republican congressmen in Iowa who were unseated that year. In all, Campbell served in the Seventy-first and Seventy-second Congresses, from March 4, 1929 to March 3, 1933.
In 1913 he married Esta Fein.