Draft:John Campbell (judge)

John Campbell (September 13, 1853 – January 1, 1938) was an associate justice of the Colorado Supreme Court from 1895 to 1913, and again from 1922 to 1927.

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"Born, Monroe County, Indiana; graduate State University of Iowa; married Harriet J. Parker, June 28, Iowa City; admitted Iowa Bar, 1879; Colorado, January, 1880; City Attorney, Colorado Springs, 1880 to 1882; El Paso County Attorney, 1883 to 1885; both branches Legislature, 1885 to 1889; District Judge, 1889–95; Supreme Judge, 1895 to 1913, being Chief Justice more than eight years; trustee Colorado College; Dean Emeritus, Colorado University; member Denver Public Library Commission."

In May 1922, following the death of Justice Morton Shelley Bailey earlier that year, Governor Oliver Henry Shoup appointed Campbell to the seat. Campbell was then elected in November of that year to serve out the remainder of Bailey's term.