Robert B. Campbell

Robert Blair Campbell
John Campbell
In office March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825
Preceded by	Thomas R. Mitchell
Succeeded by	Thomas R. Mitchell
Member of the South Carolina Senate from Marlboro District
In office November 22, 1830 – December 19, 1833
Preceded by	James Ervin
Succeeded by	Barnabas Kelet Henagan
In office November 25, 1822 – March 4, 1823
Preceded by	Robertson Carloss
Succeeded by	Charles Irby
Personal details
Born	1791 (1791) Nullification Crisis

Robert Blair Campbell (1791 – July 12, 1862) was a

, also of South Carolina.

Early life

Born in 1791^[1][2] in Marlboro County, South Carolina, Campbell was educated by a private tutor. He attended school in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and was graduated from South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina) at Columbia in 1809. He engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was commissioned captain in the South Carolina Militia in 1814.

Career and death

He was an unsuccessful candidate in 1820 for election to the Seventeenth Congress. He served in the South Carolina Senate from 1821 to 1823, and again from 1830 to 1833.

Campbell was elected as a Jackson Republican to the

Thomas B. Singleton. He was reelected as Nullifier to the Twenty-fourth Congress and served from February 27, 1834, to March 3, 1837. During the nullification movement he was commissioned general of South Carolina troops in 1833.

He moved to

. He was appointed on March 16, 1853, a commissioner for the United States to aid in settlement of the disputed boundary line between Texas and Mexico.

He was appointed consul at

, where he died July 12, 1862. He was interred in the crypt of Kensington Church.

Sources

• United States Congress. "Robert B. Campbell (id: C000098)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Thomas R. Mitchell	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 3rd congressional district 1821–1823	Succeeded by Thomas R. Mitchell
Preceded by Thomas Singleton	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 3rd congressional district 1834–1837	Succeeded by John Campbell

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