Peter J. Campbell
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Peter J. Campbell (April 13, 1857 – December 20, 1919)[1] was an American lawyer and politician, a member of the Maryland House of Delegates and President of the Maryland Senate.
Born at Baltimore, Maryland,[1] Campbell attended private and public schools, including a private class taught by Woodrow Wilson, and graduated from the law school at the University of Maryland in 1884, and admitted to the bar that year. Politically, he was a Democrat. In 1885, he was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates, and twice re-elected. In 1911, he was elected to the Maryland State Senate, where he served as the chairman of the finance committee. Re-elected in 1915, he became the senate president in 1916, a post he held until his death. He was re-elected in 1919, but died before the legislature convened.[1]
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- ^ a b c Annual Report of the Maryland State Bar Association, vol. 26. Maryland State Bar Association. 1921. pp. 37–38.
- Members of the Maryland House of Delegates
- Maryland state senators
- 1857 births
- 1919 deaths
- Politicians from Baltimore
- University of Maryland, College Park alumni
- Maryland Democrats
- Presidents of the Maryland State Senate
- Lawyers from Baltimore
- 19th-century American politicians
- 19th-century American lawyers