John Nicholson Campbell
John Nicholson Campbell (March 4, 1798 – March 27, 1864) was a
Early life
Campbell was born in
Ministry
After preaching in Petersburg, Virginia, and New Bern, North Carolina,[2] he became in 1823 the assistant of Rev. Dr. Balch, of Georgetown, District of Columbia, and in 1825 accepted a call to the pastorate of Second Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C., where Presidents John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson, as well as Vice President John C. Calhoun, worshipped in the 1820s. He also was active in the American Colonization Society, In 1830, Rev. Campbell and others were accused by Peggy Eaton of repeating the rumour that before her marriage, she dined with John Eaton in Philadelphia without a chaperone. Appointed Secretary of War by Jackson, John Eaton and his wife became a social controversy. As the social snubbing and other issues divided politicians, President Jackson's entire cabinet resigned, Vice President Calhoun resigned and Reverend Campbell stepped down from his pulpit.[1]
Chaplain of the House of Representatives
On November 18, 1820, 22-year-old Presbyterian minister John Nicholson Campbell was named
After Washington
In 1831, Campbell was called to the First Presbyterian Church in Albany, New York, and remained there until his death.