William Wildman Campbell (April 2, 1853 – August 13, 1927) was a

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from

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. Born in

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, Campbell attended the public schools, Goddard Seminary,

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, and

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. He studied law. He was

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in 1878 and commenced practice at

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. He served as prosecuting attorney for Henry County from 1893 to 1896. Campbell was elected as a

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to the Fifty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1906 to the Sixtieth Congress and for election in 1908 to the Sixty-first Congress. He resumed the practice of law in

. He served as member of the State constitutional convention of 1911 and 1912. He died in

, August 13, 1927. He was interred in Forest Hill Cemetery.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Campbell, William Wildman 1853 births 1927 deaths Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio People from Napoleon, Ohio Ohio Constitutional Convention (1912) Tufts University alumni Ohio lawyers County district attorneys in Ohio People from Rochester, Vermont 19th-century American lawyers