Jacob Miller Campbell | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's17th district | |
| In office March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1887 | |
| Preceded by | Alexander H. Coffroth |
| Succeeded by | Edward Scull |
| In office March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879 | |
| Preceded by | John Reilly |
| Succeeded by | Alexander H. Coffroth |
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| Born | (1821-11-20)November 20, 1821 Somerset, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | September 27, 1888(1888-09-27) (aged 66) |
| Political party | Republican |
Jacob Miller Campbell (November 20, 1821 – September 27, 1888) was aRepublican member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania. He also served as an officer and, later on, served more roles in theUnion Army during theAmerican Civil War.
Jacob M. Campbell was born at "White Horse," nearSomerset, Pennsylvania. He moved with his parents toAllegheny City, Pennsylvania, in 1826. He attended the public schools and learned the art of printing in the office of theSomerset Whig.
He was later connected with a magazine publishing company inPittsburgh and with leading newspapers inNew Orleans, Louisiana. He was engaged in steamboating on the lowerMississippi River from 1841 to 1847 and in gold mining inCalifornia in 1851. He aided in the building of theCambria Iron Works inJohnstown, Pennsylvania, in 1853, and was employed by that company until 1861, when he resigned. Campbell was a delegate to the firstRepublican National Convention atPhiladelphia in1856.
Campbell served in the Union Army as afirst lieutenant and quartermaster of Company G, Third Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He recruited the54th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry and was commissioned itscolonel on February 27, 1862. He wasbrevetted as abrigadier general in the 1866 omnibus promotions following the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
After the war, Campbell returned to Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and served as surveyor general (later secretary of internal affairs) of Pennsylvania from 1865 to 1871.
Campbell was elected as a Republican to theForty-fifth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1878. He was again elected to theForty-seventh,Forty-eighth, andForty-ninth Congresses. He served as chairman of theUnited States House Committee on Manufactures during the Forty-seventh Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1886.
He remained financially interested in banking and in the manufacture of steel, and served as chairman of the Republican State convention in 1887.
Jacob Campbell died in Johnstown in 1888. He was interred there inGrandview Cemetery, Johnstown.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 17th congressional district 1877–1879 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 17th congressional district 1881–1887 | Succeeded by |
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