CAMPBELL, Thomas Jefferson, a Representative from Tennessee; born in Rhea County, Tenn., in 1786; attended the public schools; assistant inspector general to Major General Cole's division of the East Tennessee militia, September 25, 1813-March 12, 1814; clerk of the Tennessee state house of representatives, 1817-1819, 1821, and 1825-1831; member of the Tennessee state house of representatives, 1833-1837; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841-March 3, 1843); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Twenty-eighth Congress in 1842; elected Clerk of the United States House of Representatives to the Thirtieth and to the succeeding Congress until his death on April 13, 1850 (December 7, 1847-April 13, 1850); died on April 13, 1850, in Washington, D.C.; interment in Calhoun, Tenn.
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