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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IllinoisJames Romulus CAMPBELL
(1853-1924)
CAMPBELL, James Romulus, a
Representative from Illinois; born near McLeansboro, Hamilton
County, Ill., May 4, 1853; attended the public schools and the
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Ind.; studied law; was
admitted to the bar in 1877 and commenced practice in McLeansboro,
Ill.; owned and edited the McLeansboro Times 1870-1898; member of
the State house of representatives 1884-1888; served in the State
senate 1888-1896; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth Congress
(March 4, 1897-March 3, 1899); was not a candidate for reelection
to the Fifty-sixth Congress in 1898; served in the war with Spain
in the Ninth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry; commissioned
colonel June 28, 1898; after the muster out of that regiment was
appointed lieutenant colonel of the Thirtieth Regiment, United
States Volunteers, on July 5, 1899, and assigned to service in the
Philippine Islands; commissioned brigadier general of Volunteers
January 3, 1901, and was honorably discharged March 25, 1901;
engaged in milling and banking in McLeansboro, Ill., and died there
August 12, 1924; interment in Odd Fellows Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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