JOHN CAMPBELL

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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

PORTRAIT:

Artist: Erik John Campbell (Supreme Court Collection)