Guy Edgar Campbell
Guy Edgar Campbell | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 36th district | |
In office March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1933 | |
Preceded by | Joseph McLaughlin, Anderson H. Walters, William J. Burke, Thomas S. Crago |
Succeeded by | District eliminated |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 32nd district | |
In office March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1923 | |
Preceded by | Andrew J. Barchfeld |
Succeeded by | Stephen G. Porter |
Personal details | |
Born | Fetterman, West Virginia | October 9, 1871
Died | February 17, 1940 | (aged 68)
Political party | Republican Democratic (Until 1923) |
Guy Edgar Campbell (October 9, 1871 – February 17, 1940) was a Democratic and Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Early life[]
Guy E. Campbell was born in Fetterman, West Virginia, his father was an immigrant from Scotland.[1] In 1889, he moved to Pennsylvania with his parents, who located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1889, and in Crafton, Pennsylvania, in 1893. He attended Iron City Business College at Pittsburgh.
Business Activities[]
Campbell was employed as a clerk in the offices of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad at Pittsburgh, until June 1896, when he resigned. He was engaged in the general insurance business in Pittsburgh until 1903. He was interested in the production of oil and gas in Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
United States House of Representatives[]
Campbell was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fifth, Sixty-sixth, and Sixty-seventh Congresses, and as a Republican to the Sixty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses. He served as the Chairman of the during the Sixty-eighth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932. He became engaged in an advisory capacity in Washington, D.C. He died at Willoughby, Ohio. Interment in Union Dale Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Sources[]
- United States Congress. "Guy E. Campbell (id: C000084)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Campbell, G to I at politicalgraveyard.com The Political Graveyard]
References[]
- ^ "United States Census, 1880", FamilySearch, retrieved March 27, 2018
- 1871 births
- 1940 deaths
- American people of Scottish descent
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- People from Taylor County, West Virginia
- Politicians from Pittsburgh
- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad people
- Pennsylvania Republicans
- Pennsylvania Democrats
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives