Background
Campbell, William W. was born on April 2, 1853 in Rochester, Vermont, United States. Son of John W. and Philinda (Hubbard) Campbell.
United States representative lawyer politician
Campbell, William W. was born on April 2, 1853 in Rochester, Vermont, United States. Son of John W. and Philinda (Hubbard) Campbell.
Born in Rochester, Vermont, Campbell attended the public schools, Goddard Seminary, Barre, Vermont, and Tufts College, Medford, Massachusetts. He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar in 1878 and commenced practice at Napoleon, Ohio. He served as prosecuting attorney for Henry County from 1893 to 1896. Campbell was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1905-March 3, 1907).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1906 to the Sixtieth Congress and for election in 1908 to the Sixty-first Congress.
He resumed the practice of law in Napoleon, Ohio. He died in Napoleon, Ohio, August 13, 1927.
He was interred in Forest Hill Cemetery.
He served as member of the State constitutional convention of 1911 and 1912.
Married Napoleon, O., November 20, 1898, Laura A. Harrison.