Samuel Bonsall Campbell (1846-1917)
was a Republican

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 politician in the state of Ohio

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 and was Ohio State Treasurer

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 from 1896-1900.

Samuel B. Campbell was born July 2, 1846 at Jefferson County, Ohio

Jefferson County, Ohio

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, and attended public schools till age eleven, when he had to look after himself. He was a newsboy and clerk, and enlisted as soon as he was old enough when the American Civil War

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 broke out. He enlisted in the One Hundred Fifty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment

157th Ohio Infantry

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. After the war he returned to Steubenville, Ohio

Steubenville, Ohio

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 and was connected with the Miners and Mechanics Bank.

In 1879, he was elected County Treasurer, and re-elected in 1881. In 1886 he was appointed by John C. Brown

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 as cashier at the State Treasury, and in 1892 became chief clerk under Ohio Secretary of State

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 Christian L. Poorman

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In 1895, Campbell won election as Ohio State Treasurer and was re-elected in 1897.

Campbell died May 30, 1917, and was interred at Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio