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1828-03-06
1908-04-25
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Camden, J. N.
(Johnson Newlon),
1828-1908
Lewis County (W. Va.)
Baltimore (Md.)
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United States Military Academy
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1846
1948
United States. Congress. Senate
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1881
1887
United States. Congress. Senate
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1893
1895
Democratic Party (U.S.)
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Businessmen
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Johnson Newlon
Camden, Johnson Newlon,
1828-1908
Interstate Commerce ... 1886:
t.p. (Hon. J. N. Camden, of West Virginia)
Bio. dir. Am. Con., 1961
(Camden, Johnson Newlon; Democratic Senator from W. Va.; b. Lewis Co., Va. (now W.Va.) March 6, 1828; lawyer; prosecutiong attorney; Braxton County (1851) and Nicholas Co. (1852); president First National Bank of Parkersburg at its organization in 1862; nominee for governor of W.Va. in 1868 and 1872; elected to the U.S. Senate, serving from March 4, 1881 to March 3, 1887; re-elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John E. Kenna, serving from Jan. 25, 1893-March 3, 1895; resumed business pursuits; d. in Baltimore, Md., Apr. 25, 1908; father of Johnson Newlon Camden Jr., U. S. Senator, June 16, 1914- Mar. 3. 1915)
Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress website
(Camden, Johnson Newlon, (father of Johnson Newlon Camden, Jr.), a Senator from West Virginia; born in Collins Settlement, Lewis County, Va. (now West Virginia), March 6, 1828; attended school in Sutton, Va. (now West Virginia); appointed as a cadet to the United States Military Academy at West Point from 1846 until 1848, when he resigned; studied law; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Sutton in 1851; appointed the same year prosecuting attorney for Braxton County; elected prosecuting attorney for Nicholas County in 1852; engaged in the development of petroleum and in manufacturing in Parkersburg, Va. (now West Virginia) in 1858; president of the First National Bank of Parkersburg at its organization in 1862; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor in 1868 and again in 1872; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1881, to March 3, 1887; resumed the practice of law at Parkersburg; again elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John E. Kenna, and served from January 25, 1893, to March 3, 1895; chairman, Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expense (Fifty-third Congress), Committee on Railroads (Fifty-third Congress); continued former business pursuits; died in Baltimore, Md., April 25, 1908; interment in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Parkersburg, W.Va.)