Guy Edgar Campbell

Guy Edgar Campbell
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 36th district
In office March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1933
Preceded by	Joseph McLaughlin, Anderson H. Walters, William J. Burke, Thomas S. Crago
Succeeded by	District eliminated
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 32nd district
In office March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1923
Preceded by	Andrew J. Barchfeld
Succeeded by	Stephen G. Porter
Personal details
Born	October 9, 1871 Fetterman, West Virginia
Died	February 17, 1940 (aged 68)
Political party	Republican Democratic (Until 1923)

Guy Edgar Campbell (October 9, 1871 – February 17, 1940) was a Democratic and Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Early life

Guy E. Campbell was born in Fetterman, West Virginia, his father was an immigrant from Scotland.^[1] In 1889, he moved to Pennsylvania with his parents, who located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1889, and in Crafton, Pennsylvania, in 1893. He attended Iron City Business College at Pittsburgh.

Business Activities

Campbell was employed as a clerk in the offices of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad at Pittsburgh, until June 1896, when he resigned. He was engaged in the general insurance business in Pittsburgh until 1903. He was interested in the production of oil and gas in Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

United States House of Representatives

Campbell was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fifth, Sixty-sixth, and Sixty-seventh Congresses, and as a Republican to the Sixty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses. He served as the Chairman of the United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Labor during the Sixty-eighth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932. He became engaged in an advisory capacity in Washington, D.C. He died at Willoughby, Ohio. Interment in Mount Union Cemetery, Robinson Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

Sources

• United States Congress. "Guy E. Campbell (id: C000084)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Campbell, G to I at politicalgraveyard.com The Political Graveyard]

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