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ED H. CAMPBELL
MR. PRESIDENT: Your Senate committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character and public service of the late Honorable Ed H. Campbell, begs leave to submit the following memorial:
Ed H. Campbell was born at Battle Creek, Iowa, on March 6, 1882, the son of Romeo H. and Hattie Campbell, pioneers who came to Iowa in a covered wagon. He was graduated from the Battle Creek High School in 1900 and from the law school at Iowa City in 1906. He was married to Esta Fein in 1913 and one son, Ed Campbell, Jr., was born to them. Esta Campbell passed away in 1931 and in 1933 Mr. Campbell was united in marriage with Mary Marshall.
He began his law practice in Battle Creek in 1907 and continued in active practice until his death. For fifty years he was a partner with his twin brother, Jed. In 1910 he was elected to the state legislature as the representative from Ida County and served in the Thirty-fourth General Assembly. He served in the army during World War I. In 1920 he was elected state senator from Ida, Cherokee and Plymouth Counties and served in the Thirty-ninth, Fortieth, Forty-first and Forty-second General Assemblies. He served as President pro tempore of the Senate for two sessions. In 1928 he was elected to the U. S. House of Representatives from the old Iowa Ninth Congressional District and served two terms.
Mr. Campbell was a member of the Presbyterian Church, the American Legion, a fifty-year Mason and Past Master of 446 A. F. and A. M. Lodge, a fifty-year member of IOOF Lodge and Past Noble Grand of Echo Lodge, a fifty-year member of the Sioux City Consistory and a thirty-second degree Mason, a member of the Society of Descendants of the Mayflower, a fifty-year member of the Eastern Star, a retired member of the volunteer Battle Creek Fire Department, and a member of the local, district and state bar associations.
Mr. Campbell died April 26, 1969, at Battle Creek, Iowa.
Survivors include his wife, Mary, three grandchildren and a brother, Frank Campbell.
Therefore, Be It Resolved by the Iowa Senate of the Sixty-third General Assembly of Iowa: That in the passing of the Honorable Ed H. Campbell, the state has lost an honored citizen, and the Senate by this resolution would express its appreciation of his services to his community, state and nation and tender its sympathy and kindest regards to the members of his family.
Be It Further Resolved: That a copy of this resolution be spread upon the Journal of the Senate, and that the Secretary of the Senate be directed to forward an enrolled copy to the family of the deceased.
J. HENRY LUCKEN, Chairman
MARVIN W. SMITH
CHARLES K. SULLIVAN
Committee
The resolution was unanimously adopted.