Jacob Miller Campbell (November 20, 1821 – September 27, 1888) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. He also served as an officer and, later on, served more roles in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Jacob Miller Campbell
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 17th district
In office
March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1887
Preceded byAlexander H. Coffroth
Succeeded byEdward Scull
In office
March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879
Preceded byJohn Reilly
Succeeded byAlexander H. Coffroth
Personal details
Born(1821-11-20)November 20, 1821
Somerset, Pennsylvania
DiedSeptember 27, 1888(1888-09-27) (aged 66)
Political partyRepublican

Early life

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Jacob M. Campbell was born at "White Horse," near Somerset, Pennsylvania. He moved with his parents to Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, in 1826. He attended the public schools and learned the art of printing in the office of the Somerset Whig.

He was later connected with a magazine publishing company in Pittsburgh and with leading newspapers in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was engaged in steamboating on the lower Mississippi River from 1841 to 1847 and in gold mining in California in 1851. He aided in the building of the Cambria Iron Works in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, in 1853, and was employed by that company until 1861, when he resigned. Campbell was a delegate to the first Republican National Convention at Philadelphia in 1856.

Civil War

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Campbell served in the Union Army as a first lieutenant and quartermaster of Company G, Third Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He recruited the 54th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry and was commissioned its colonel on February 27, 1862. He was brevetted as a brigadier general in the 1866 omnibus promotions following the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Postbellum

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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 the Forty-fifth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1878. He was again elected to the Forty-seventh, Forty-eighth, and Forty-ninth Congresses. He served as chairman of the United 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 in Grandview Cemetery, Johnstown.

See also

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References

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  • United States Congress. "Jacob M. Campbell (id: C000086)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2008-02-14
  • The Political Graveyard
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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district

1877–1879
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district

1881–1887
Succeeded by