"SC Congressman" Robert B Campbell Hand Written Letter Todd Mueller COA

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Up for auction "South Carolina Congressman" Robert B. Campbell Hand Written Letter dated 1859.
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Robert Blair Campbell
(died July 12, 1862) was a
U.S. Representative
from
South Carolina
, brother of
John Campbell
, also of South Carolina. Born 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. 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
Eighteenth
Congress (March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1824 to the
Nineteenth
Congress and for election in 1826 to the
Twentieth
Congress and in 1830 to the
Twenty-second
Congress. Campbell was elected as a Nullifier to the
Twenty-third
Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
United States Representative
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
Lowndes County, Alabama
, about 1840. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1840. He was appointed on September 28, 1842, consul at
Habana, Cuba
, and served until July 22, 1850. From there, he moved to
San Antonio, Texas
. 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
London, England
, and served from August 3, 1854, to March 1861, when he was recalled. He moved to
Ealing
, where he died July 12, 1862. He was interred in the crypt of Kensington Church.