Member Biography
Thomas Campbell
| Sessions | Office | Position | District | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1807-1808 | 7 | Federalist | ||
| 1808-1809 | 7 | Federalist | ||
| 1809-1810 | 7 | Federalist | ||
| 1810-1811 | 7 | Federalist |
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.
| Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg President | |
| For the City of Philadelphia | For the Philadelphia County |
| George Latimer | William Macpherson |
| Benjamin Rush | John Hunn |
| Hilary Baker | George Gray |
| James Wilson | Samuel Ashmead |
| Thomas McKean | Enoch Edwards |
| For Bucks County | For Northampton County |
| Henry Wynkoop | John Arndt |
| John Barclay | Stephen Balliot |
| Thomas Yardley | Joseph Horsfield |
| Abraham Stout | David Deshler |
| For Chester County | For Bedford County |
| Thomas Bull | James Martin |
| Anthony Wayne | Joseph Powell |
| William Gibbons | For Northumberland County |
| Richard Downing | William Wilson |
| Thomas Cheyney | John Boyd |
| John Hannum | For Westmoreland County |
| For Lancaster County | John Baird |
| Stephen Chambers | William Todd |
| Robert Coleman | For Washington County |
| Sebastian Graff | James Marshel |
| John Hubley | James Edgar |
| Jasper Yeates | Thomas Scott |
| John Whitehill | John Neville |
| For York County | For Fayette County |
| Henry Slagle | Nathaniel Breading |
| Thomas Campbell | John Smilie |
| Thomas Hartley | For Franklin County |
| David Grier | Richard Bard |
| John Black | John Allison |
| Benjamin Pedan | For Montgomery County |
| For Cumberland County | Jonathan Roberts |
| John Harris | John Richards |
| John Reynolds | Frederick A. Muhlenberg |
| Robert Whitehill | For Dauphin County |
| Jonathan Hoge | William Brown |
| For Berks County | Adam Orth |
| Nicholas Lutz | John A. Hanna |
| John Ludwig | For Luzerne County |
| Abraham Lincoln | Timothy Pickering |
| John Bishop | For Huntingdon County |
| Joseph Hiester | Benjamin Elliot |
Cited:
Cox, Harold "Senate Members "C". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
A New Nation Votes (tufts.edu)
Capt Thomas Campbell (1750-1815) - Find a Grave Memorial