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John T. Campbell

Democratic

Date Party Office Votes Result
11-07-1882 Democratic AD-21 0 Win
Website: www.findagrave.com/memorial/28505835/john-tyler-campbell
 

Candidate Biography:

John Tyler Campbell
Born: September 9, 1840 in Bowling Green, Missouri
Married: Mary Jane Reed (m. 1868)
Children: Lucy E. and Ross
Military Service: ARMY (Civil War)
Died: February 25, 1935 in Santa Rosa, CA

Previous: U.S. Consul in Germany
Previous: U.S. Consul in China
1865: City Attorney, Louisiana City [Missouri]
1871: Prosecuting Attorney, Kansas City [Missouri]
1874: City Attorney, City of Santa Rosa
1883: Speaker pro Tem, California State Assembly

  • Revolutionary War hero Patrick Henry was his granduncle (Campbell's mother was Henry's niece).

Source: "The Legislature." Sacramento Daily Record-Union, 1 January 1883, Page 12.