James Edwin Campbell | |
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| 38th Governor of Ohio | |
| In office January 13, 1890 – January 11, 1892 | |
| Lieutenant | Elbert L. Lampson William V. Marquis |
| Preceded by | Joseph B. Foraker |
| Succeeded by | William McKinley |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromOhio | |
| In office June 20, 1884 – March 3, 1889 | |
| Preceded by | Henry Lee Morey |
| Succeeded by | Henry Lee Morey |
| Constituency | 7th district (1884-1885) 3rd district (1885-1887) 7th district (1887-1889) |
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| Born | (1843-07-07)July 7, 1843 Middletown, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | December 18, 1924(1924-12-18) (aged 81) Columbus, Ohio, U.S. |
| Resting place | Green Lawn Cemetery |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Maud Elizabeth Owens |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Miami University |
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James Edwin Campbell (July 7, 1843 – December 18, 1924) was an American attorney andDemocratic politician fromOhio. He served in theUnited States House of Representatives from 1884 to 1889 and as the 38thgovernor of Ohio from 1890 to 1892.
Campbell was born inMiddletown, Ohio, where he attended the public schools and thenMiami University.
He served in theUnion Army as a member of theMississippi River Squadron during theCivil War. He was a master's mate on the gunboatsElk andNaiad until his health gave out and he returned home emaciated.[1]
James Campbell was admitted to the bar in 1865 and began practicing law inHamilton, Ohio two years later. Campbell was married to Maud Elizabeth Owens of Hamilton, Ohio on January 4, 1870. They had four children.[2]
He was aRepublican who voted for Lincoln and Grant for President, and after 1872 became a Democrat.[3]
After serving as a prosecutor inButler County, Ohio, from 1876 to 1880, Campbell was elected as aDemocrat to theUnited States House of Representatives twice fromOhio's 7th congressional district (Forty-eighth andFiftieth Congresses) and once fromthe third district (Forty-ninth Congress), a seat once held by his uncleLewis D. Campbell, serving from 1884 to 1889. In the 49th Congress, he was chairman of the House Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic.
Campbell then was elected to the Ohio governorship, serving from 1890 to 1892. He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1891, losing to future presidentWilliam McKinley. During his term as governor, he signed a bill enacting theAustralian ballot in Ohio.[4] He called a special session of the General Assembly to remove the corrupt government of the city ofCincinnati. This action cost him the support of Democrats in that part of the state, and prevented his re-election.[5] He was unsuccessful in a third run for governor in 1895.
Campbell was a trustee of theOhio State University 1895–1896.[6] Remaining politically active, Campbell was a delegate to theDemocratic National Conventions in 1892, 1920, and 1924. He served on the commission to codify the State of Ohio laws from 1908 to 1911.
Campbell was nominated for Congress in 1906, but lost, and was his party's choice for Senator in 1908, but was again defeated.[7] In 1913, Campbell was appointed a trustee of theOhio Archaeological and Historical Society, and he was elected unanimously by the Board of Trustees as president on September 25, 1918. He served as president until his death.[8]
He resumed the practice of law inColumbus, Ohio after 1892.
He was a Mason, a member of the order of the Elks, the Columbus Club, the Scioto Country Club, the Presbyterian Church, the Grand Army of the Republic, the American Legion, and the Kit Kat Club of Columbus.[9]
James Edwin Campbell died in Columbus in 1924 and is interred inGreen Lawn Cemetery.
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