Felix Campbell

Felix Campbell

Felix Campbell (February 28, 1829 – November 8, 1902) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Brooklyn, he attended the common schools and became a manufacturer of iron pipe and a consulting engineer. He was president of the board of supervisors in 1858 and was appointed by Governor Tilden a member of the board of commissioners from New York to the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia in 1876.

Campbell was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1883 to March 3, 1891. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1890 and in 1902 died in Brooklyn. Interment was in Holy Cross Cemetery.

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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Archibald M. Bliss
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 4th congressional district

1883–1885
Succeeded by
Peter P. Mahoney
Preceded by
William E. Robinson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 2nd congressional district

1885–1891
Succeeded by
David A. Boody
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