Thomas Edward Campbell (1878 - 1944)

Born 18 Jan 1878 in Prescott, Yavapai, Arizona Territory, United States

Died 1 Mar 1944 at age 66 in Prescott, Yavapai, Arizona, United States

Preceded by 1st Governor George W. P. Hunt 1st Governor George W. P. Hunt

Thomas Edward Campbell 2nd Governor of Arizona 1917 and 1919—1923

Succeeded by 1st Governor George W. P. Hunt 1st Governor George W. P. Hunt

Biography

Thomas Campbell is Notable.

Thomas Edward Campbell was born in 1878 in Prescott, Arizona, to Daniel and Eliza (Flynn) Campbell. his parents had come to Fort Whipple in 1873 where Daniel worked until 1887. Thomas was the first graduate of Prescott High School in 1893. Over six feet tall, he was a star athlete on the Prescott football team. He attended St. Mary's College of California in Oakland where he studied geology, although he did not receive a degree.

Thomas was the second governor of the state of Arizona, United States. He was the first Republican and first native-born governor elected after Arizona achieved statehood in 1912.

In 1917, Thomas was initially declared the governor of Arizona in a disputed election but the decision was later overturned by the courts, who awarded the election to George W.P. Hunt. Campbell ran for governor again and won two terms, serving 1919-1923. He was instrumental in the drafting of Arizona's tax and revenue laws and adopting the Colorado River Compact that distributed water rights among the western states.

Thomas died in 1944.

Sources

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13889233

• Thomas Edward Campbell on Wikipedia