John Campbell (unknown – died May 19, 1845) was a

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from

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, brother of Robert Blair Campbell. Born near Brownsville,

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, Campbell had graduated from South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina) in Columbia in 1819. He studied law. He was

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and commenced practice in Brownsville, South Carolina. He moved to Parnassus, Marlboro District, and continued the practice of law. Campbell was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress (March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831). Campbell was elected as a Nullifies to the Twenty-fifth Congress and as a

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to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843). He served as Chairman of the Committee on Elections ( Twenty-sixth Congress), Committee on District of Columbia ( Twenty-eighth Congress). He died in Parnassus (now Blenheim),

, on May 19, 1845. He was interred in a private cemetery near Blenheim, South Carolina.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Campbell, John Year of birth unknown 1845 deaths People from Marlboro County, South Carolina Nullifier Party members of the United States House of Representatives Nullifier Party politicians Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina 19th-century American politicians Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina