Guy Edgar Campbell

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

1 Early life
2 Business Activities
3 United States House of Representatives
4 Sources

[edit] Early life

Guy E. Campbell was born in Fetterman, West Virginia. 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Sources

Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/campbell4.html The Political Graveyard]

Preceded by Andrew J. Barchfeld	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 32nd congressional district 1917 - 1923	Succeeded by Stephen G. Porter
Preceded by at-large: Joseph McLaughlin, Anderson H. Walters, William J. Burke, Thomas S. Crago	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 36th congressional district 1923 - 1933	Succeeded by District Eliminated