James Hepburn Campbell (February 8, 1820 – April 12, 1895) was anOpposition Party andRepublican member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania.
James Hepburn Campbell was born inWilliamsport, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the law department ofDickinson College inCarlisle, Pennsylvania, in 1841. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice inPottsville, Pennsylvania. In 1842, he married authorJuliet Hamersley Lewis, the daughter of JudgeEllis Lewis,Pennsylvania Attorney General and Chief Justice of thePennsylvania Supreme Court. Campbell was a delegate to the1844 Whig National Convention.
Campbell was elected as an Opposition Party candidate to theThirty-fourth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in1856 to theThirty-fifth Congress. He was again elected as a Republican to theThirty-sixth andThirty-seventh Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in1862.
During theAmerican Civil War, Campbell served as major of the Twenty-fifth Regiment of Pennsylvania Infantry. He was appointedMinister to Sweden by PresidentAbraham Lincoln in May 1864 and served until March 29, 1867. He declined the diplomatic mission toColombia in 1867. He located inPhiladelphia in 1867 and continued the practice of law. He died on his estate "Aeola," nearWayne, Pennsylvania, in 1895. He was interred inWoodlands Cemetery in Philadelphia.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 11th congressional district 1855–1857 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 11th congressional district 1859–1863 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | U.S. Ambassador to Sweden 1864–1867 | Succeeded by |
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