Harvey Campbell (September 30, 1792 – September 16, 1877) was an American physician and politician.
Campbell was the son of Dr. Allen and Sarah (Kinne) Campbell, and was born in
Voluntown, Connecticut
Voluntown is a town in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 2,570 at the 2020 census. Voluntown was part of Windham County from 1726 to 1881.
The town was named for the English volunteers in the 1675 Indian wars (Ki ...
, September 30, 1792. He studied medicine with his father (long a successful physician in Eastern Connecticut) and afterwards in
Yale Medical School, where he graduated in 1816. He settled in his native town and enjoyed a large practice. He was also interested in public affairs, and repeatedly a member of both houses of the
Connecticut General Assembly.
He married Sarah Cook, and after her death her sister, Eliza Cook, who also died before him. He died in
Groton, Connecticut, September 16, 1877, at the age of 85. He left two sons and six daughters.
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1792 births
1877 deaths
People from New London County, Connecticut
Members of the Connecticut House of Representatives
Connecticut state senators
Physicians from Connecticut
Yale School of Medicine alumni
19th-century American legislators
19th-century Connecticut politicians