Frederick Campbell (October 18, 1830 – January 13, 1913) was an American politician who was a pioneer of the

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Biography

Campbell was born on October 18, 1830, in Ravenna, Ohio, and made his way West to the Boise Basin of Idaho in 1862. He took up mining in Placerville, where he would live until 1901. He also took part in skirmishes with the local Native American population. He was elected four times as a Republican to represent

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in the Idaho Territorial House of Representatives, in 1872, 1874, 1880, and 1882. He lost an election for Boise County Assessor in 1878, and served as assistant clerk for the Idaho Territorial Council in the 1884–1885 session. Campbell was elected to the territorial council in 1888 to represent Ada and Boise Counties. The following year, he was elected as a delegate to the

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by Boise County. He then retired from politics, and moved in 1901 to Boise City, where he died on January 13, 1913.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Campbell, Fred 1830 births 1913 deaths People from Ravenna, Ohio People from Boise County, Idaho Members of the Idaho Territorial House of Representatives Members of the Idaho Territorial Council Idaho Republicans Members of the Idaho Constitutional Convention 19th-century American legislators 19th-century Idaho politicians