John Hull Campbell


John Hull Campbell was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as an American Party member in the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district from 1845 to 1847.

Early life and education

Campbell was born in York, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in Philadelphia in 1823, and commenced practice in that city.

Career

Campbell was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1831.
Campbell was elected as a candidate of the American Party to the Twenty-ninth Congress. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1846. He instead resumed his law practice, and died in Philadelphia in 1868.
He was interred in Monument Cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and reinterred in 1956 to Lawnview Memorial Park in Rockledge, Pennsylvania.