James William Campbell

Full Name: James William Campbell
Date of birth: June 13, 1846
Date of death: December 5, 1917

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	30	Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 13, 1891	21st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Gainesville / Cooke		Cooke

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(2) Roster of Representatives of the 21st Legislature, "Twenty-First Legislature: Members of the House, Address, Occupation and Politics," Galveston Daily News, 1/5/1889, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

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House District 30
Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 13, 1891
Legislatures: 21st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Gainesville / Cooke
Counties in district: Cooke

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Resolutions and Journal entries

J.W. Campbell. House Journal.
35th Legislature, 4th C.S., 2/27/1918, p. 36. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, J.W. Campbell, p. 362. Born 6/13/1846 in Garrard County, Kentucky, married Sallie B. Robinson 12/4/1873 in Houston. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature, 1887.

Other Resources

James William Campbell and Sallie Baty Robinson, parents of Whitaker Hill Campbell, birth date 10/7/1878 in Spring Creek, Cooke County.
Census of 1880 - James W. Campbell, Cooke County, age 34, born circa 1846 in Kentucky, farmer and stock raiser, wife Sallie B., son W. Hill.
Census of 1900 - James W. Campbell, Cooke County, age 55, born June 1845 in Kentucky, farmer, sons Hill and Robert.
Census of 1910 - James W. Campbell, Cooke County, age 64, born circa 1846 in Kentucky, farmer, wife Sallie B., sons Whittaker H. and William R. FamilySearch. 1880 1900 1910 Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981
James William Campbell, birthplace Garrard County, Kentucky, death date 12/5/1917 in Marlin, Falls County, Texas, farmer and stockman. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
J.W. Campbell (1845-1917), burial in Fairview Cemetery, Gainesville, Cooke County. Find a Grave.
Jones William Campbell, Democrat, farmer, age 43 in 1889, born in Kentucky. Legislative Reference Library Card File.
James W. Campbell. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
James W. Campbell. Texas House of Representatives: A Pictorial Roster 1846-1992, 1992.

Photographs

Photograph. J.W. Campbell, 21st Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

21st session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

21st R.S. - 1889
Counties and County Boundaries
Education
Judiciary Department of Government, Investigate
Road Legislation
Roads, Bridges and Ferries
State Asylums

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