Biography

02/15/1868 - 06/11/1919

James M. Campbell (R50) Crawford and Mercer Counties, 1907-1910 (R50) Crawford and Mercer Counties 1919

Early Life:

James M. Campbell, born February 15, 1868; on a farm, Pymantuning Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania; son of Robert I. Campbell and Bertha M Campbell; public school education; Thiel College, Greenville, Pennsylvania, 1887; tutor, member, McElwain Institute faculty; read law; admitted, Mercer, bar, 1892; attorney; married, Bertha White, 1896, children, Edwin White Campbell, Robert Gibson Campbell, Grace W. Emery; district attorney, Mercer County, 1899-1906; chairman, Mercer County Republican Committee, 1901-1903; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1907-1910; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1919; died, June 11, 1919, in office, during an operation,  appendicitis, Cottage State Hospital, Mercer, Mercer County, Pennsylvania; interment, Mercer Citizens Cemetery, Mercer, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.

Professional titles; business ownership; board memberships; local government; club memberships:

Knight Templar, Odd Fellow, charter member, Greenville Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

District Attorney, Mercer County, 1899-1906.

Chairman, Mercer County Republican Committee, 1901-1903. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 50th district, Crawford and Mercer Counties, 1907-1910; committee assignments, Agriculture, Appropriations, Corporations, Elections, Federal Relations, Forestry, Game and Fisheries (Chairman).   

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 50th district, Crawford and Mercer Counties, 1919; committee assignments, Appropriations, Canals and Inland Navigation, Corporations, Exposition Affairs, Judiciary General, Law and Order, Legislative Apportionment, Mines and Mining (Chairman), Municipal Affairs, Public Roads and Highways, Public Supply of Heat, Light and Water.

Cited:

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

The Pennsylvania Manual, (1910). Miller, H.P., (Compiler). Baker, W.H., (Assistant Compiler). Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages, 1000-1003. 

The Pennsylvania Manual, (1919). Miller, H.P., (Compiler). Baker, W.H., (Assistant Compiler). Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 1266, 1276, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 1242.

The Record-Argus (Greenville, Pennsylvania) Thursday, June 12, 1919, page 1.

Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) Thursday, June 12, 1919, page 8.

James M. Campbell (1868-1919) - Find a Grave Memorial