Member Biography

James A. Caldwell 

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Sessions Office Position District Party
1837-1838       6 Democrat
1839       6 Democrat
1840       6 Democrat

COUNTIES: York, Lancaster  


Biography

07/26/1796 - 07/29/1845


Captain Thomas Campbell (Federalist7) Adams and York Counties 1807-1811

Early Life:

Captain Thomas Campbell, born 1750 Dillsburg, York County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America; son of John Richard Campbell and Anna Smith; captain, 4th Pennsylvania Regiment, Revolutionary War, 1777; engaged, farming; elected, delegate, York County, United States Constitutional Convention, 1787; unsuccessful campaign, Sheriff, York County, Pennsylvania, 1787; elected, Commissioner, York County, Pennsylvania, 1789; elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1793-1800; elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1807-1811; died, January 19, 1815; interment, Dillsburg Cemetery, Dillsburg, York County, Pennsylvania. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, delegate, York County, United States Constitutional Convention, 1787.

Unsuccessful campaign, Sheriff, York County, Pennsylvania, 1787

Elected, Commissioner, York County, Pennsylvania, 1789. 

Elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1793-1800. 

Elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State Senate, 7th district, Adams and York Counties, 1807-1810.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

Not available currently.

Cited:

Cox, Harold "Senate Members "C"Wilkes University Election Statistics ProjectWilkes University.

A New Nation Votes (tufts.edu) 

Capt Thomas Campbell (1750-1815) - Find a Grave Memorial