Background
Campbell, John Wilson was born on February 23, 1782 in Augusta County, Virginia, United States. Son of William and Elizabeth (Wilson) Campbell.
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Campbell, John Wilson was born on February 23, 1782 in Augusta County, Virginia, United States. Son of William and Elizabeth (Wilson) Campbell.
Born near Miller"s Iron Works, Augusta County, Virginia, Campbell attended the common schools. He studied law.
He taught school. He was admitted to the bar in 1808 and commenced practice in West Union, Ohio. He was in the Justice of the Peace of Tiffin Township, Adams County from 1809 to 1815. He served as prosecuting attorney of Adams County in 1809.
Campbell was elected as a Republican to the Fifteenth through the Seventeenth Congresses.
He was reelected as a Jackson Republican to the Eighteenth Congress. And as an Adams to the Nineteenth Congress (March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1827).
He served as chairman of the Committee on Private Land Claims (Sixteenth through Nineteenth Congresses). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1826.
Campbell was nominated by President Andrew Jackson as judge of the United States District Court for the District of Ohio on March 6, 1829, to a seat vacated by William Creighton, Junior.
He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 7, 1829, and received commission the same day. He served until his death in Delaware, Ohio, September 24, 1833. He was interred in the Old North Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
Member Ohio Legislature from Adams County, 1813-1817. Member United States House of Representatives from Ohio, 15th-19th congresses, 1817-1827.
Married Eleanor Doak, 1811.