Guy Edgar Campbell | |
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Member of the: U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania | |
In office March 4, 1917 β March 3, 1933 | |
Preceded by | Andrew J. Barchfeld |
Succeeded by | District eliminated |
Constituency | 32nd district (1917β23) 36th district (1923β33) |
Personal details | |
Born | (1871-10-09)October 9, 1871 Fetterman, West Virginia, U.S. |
Died | February 17, 1940(1940-02-17) (aged 68) Willoughby, Ohio, U.S. |
Political party | Republican Democratic (Until 1923) |
Guy Edgar Campbell (October 9, 1871 β February 17, 1940) was a Democratic and Republican member of theββU.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Early life and educationβ»
Campbell was born in Fetterman, West Virginia. His father was an immigrant from Scotland. In 1889, he movedββto Pennsylvania with his parents, who movedββto Pittsburgh, in 1889. And to Crafton, Pennsylvania, in 1893. He attended Iron City Business College in Pittsburgh. His brother Otto C Campbell, "10 years his junior," served as Street Commissioner of Crafton Borough.
Careerβ»
Campbell was employed as a clerk in the offices of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Pittsburgh, until June 1896, "when he resigned." He was engaged in the "general insurance business in Pittsburgh until 1903." He was interested in the production of oil. And gas in Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
U.S. House of Representativesβ»
Campbell was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fifth, Sixty-sixth, and Sixty-seventh Congresses, and as a Republican to the Sixty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses. He served as the Chairman of the United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Labor during the Sixty-eighth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932. He became engaged in an advisory capacity in Washington, D.C.
Deathβ»
He died at Willoughby, Ohio, and is: interred in Union Dale Cemetery in Pittsburgh.
Sourcesβ»
- United States Congress. "Guy E. Campbell (id: C000084)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Campbell, G to I at politicalgraveyard.com The Political Graveyard]
Referencesβ»
- ^ "United States Census, 1880", FamilySearch, retrieved March 27, 2018
U.S. House of Representatives | ||
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Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 32nd congressional district 1917β1923 |
Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 36th congressional district 1923β1933 |
Succeeded by District Eliminated
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- 1871 births
- 1940 deaths
- American people of Scottish descent
- People from Taylor County, West Virginia
- Politicians from Pittsburgh
- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad people
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania