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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeBrookins CAMPBELL
(1808-1853)
CAMPBELL, Brookins, a
Representative from Tennessee; born in Washington County, Tenn., in
1808; attended the rural schools and was graduated from Washington
College (now Washington and Lee University) at Lexington; studied
law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; member of the State
house of representatives 1835-1839, 1841-1846, and 1851-1853, and
served as speaker in 1845; during the Mexican War was appointed by
President Polk in 1846 an assistant quartermaster to the Army with
the rank of major; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third
Congress and served from March 4, 1853, until his death in
Washington, D.C., December 25, 1853, without having qualified;
interment in Providence Presbyterian Churchyard, Greene County,
Tenn.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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