Brookins Campbell

Brookins Campbell
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 1st district
In office March 4, 1853 – December 25, 1853
Preceded by	Andrew Johnson
Succeeded by	Nathaniel G. Taylor
Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives
In office 1845–1847[1]
Preceded by	Daniel L. Barringer
Succeeded by	Landon Carter Haynes
Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives
In office 1835–1839 1841–1846 1851–1853
Personal details
Born	1808 (1808) Washington County, Tennessee
Died	December 25, 1853(1853-12-25) (aged 44–45) Washington, D.C.
Resting place	Providence Presbyterian Churchyard Greene County, Tennessee[2]
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Mary (Morrow) Campbell

Brookins Campbell (1808 – December 25, 1853) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 1st congressional district of Tennessee.

Biography

He was born in Washington County, Tennessee, in 1808. He attended the rural schools and graduated from Washington College, now known as Washington and Lee University, at Lexington. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced. He was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1835 to 1839, from 1841 to 1846, and from 1851 to 1853. He served as Speaker in 1845.

During the Mexican–American War, he was appointed by President Polk in 1846 to be an assistant quartermaster to the Army with the rank of major. He was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third Congress and served from March 4, 1853, until his death in Washington, D.C., on December 25, 1853, without having qualified. He was interred in Providence Presbyterian Churchyard in Greene County, Tennessee.

See also

• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)

References

1. Historical and Constitutional Officers of Tennessee: Speakers of the House, Tennessee State Library and Archives. Retrieved: January 7, 2013.
2. United States House of Representatives

External links

• United States Congress. "Brookins Campbell (id: C000078)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Andrew Johnson	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 1st congressional district March 4, 1853 – December 25, 1853	Succeeded by Nathaniel G. Taylor