

OVERVIEW:
FULL NAME:
John Archibald Campbell
BORN:
June 24, 1811
Washington, Georgia
DIED:
March 12, 1889 (age 77)
Baltimore, Maryland
EDUCATION:
U.S. Military Academy at West Point
Franklin College (now University of Georgia), 1825
Read Law, 1829
POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat
HIGHLIGHTS:
1829:
Practiced Law in Washington, Georgia
1829-1837:
Practiced Law in Montgomery, Alabama
1837-1853:
Practiced Law in Mobile, Alabama
1837:
Alabama State Representative
1843:
Alabama State Representatives
1853-1861:
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
1862-1865;
Assistant Secretary of War, Confederate States of America
1865-1884:
Practiced Law in New Orleans, Louisiana
RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
Congressional Quarterly
Supreme Court Historical Society
Oyez
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia of Alabama
Wikipedia
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