John A. Campbell was an American jurist. He was born in 1811 and died in 1889. Educated at the University of Georgia he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1829. He was several times a member of the Assembly of Alabama. He was appointed a Justice of the US Supreme Court in 1853, and resigned in 1861. He was opposed to secession although he believed in the right. He was Assistant Secretary of War of the Confederate States and was one of the peace commissioners who met President Abraham Lincoln at Port Monroe in February, 1865. Research John A. Campbell
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