Biography

1750 - 01/19/1815

Captain Thomas Campbell (Federalist7) Adams and York Counties 1807-1811

Early Life:

Captain Thomas Campbell, born 1750 Dillsburg, York County,Pennsylvania, British Colonial America; son of John Richard Campbell and Anna Smith; captain, 4th Pennsylvania Regiment, Revolutionary War, 1777; engaged, farming; elected, delegate, York County, United States Constitutional Convention, 1787; unsuccessful campaign, Sheriff, York County, Pennsylvania, 1787; elected, Commissioner, York County, Pennsylvania, 1789; elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1793-1800; elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1807-1811; died, January 19, 1815; interment, Dillsburg Cemetery, Dillsburg, York County, Pennsylvania. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Delegate, York County, Pennsylvania State Constitutional Convention, ratified, United States Constitution, 1787.

Unsuccessful campaign, Sheriff, York County, Pennsylvania, 1787

Elected, Commissioner, York County, Pennsylvania, 1789. 

Elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1793-1800. 

Elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State Senate, 7th district, Adams and York Counties, 1807-1810.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

Not available currently.

Legacy:

Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Pennsylvania; December 12, 1787.

In the Name of the People of Pennsylvania

Be it Known unto all Men that We the Delegates of the People of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in general Convention assembled Have assented to, and ratified, and by these presents Do in the Name and by the authority of the Same People, and for ourselves, assent to, and ratify the foregoing Constitution for the United States of America. Done in Convention at Philadelphia the twelfth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven and of the Independence of the United States of America the twelfth. In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names.

Legacy:

Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Pennsylvania; December 12, 1787.

In the Name of the People of Pennsylvania

Be it Known unto all Men that We the Delegates of the People of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in general Convention assembled Have assented to, and ratified, and by these presents Do in the Name and by the authority of the Same People, and for ourselves, assent to, and ratify the foregoing Constitution for the United States of America. Done in Convention at Philadelphia the twelfth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven and of the Independence of the United States of America the twelfth. In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names. 

Cited:

Cox, Harold "Senate Members "C". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/CT0172 

Capt Thomas Campbell (1750-1815) - Find a Grave Memorial