John Campbell

Professional career

• Judge, Supreme Court of Colorado, 1895-1937

Education

Additional information

• Supreme Court from 1853 until 1861.
• Date of birth: 1853-01-01
• He then attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, but withdrew in 1828 after his father’s death.
• John Archibald Campbell was born on June 24, 1811, in Washington, Georgia.
• Known as a strict constructionist and a proponent of states’ rights.
• His most notable contribution was his concurring opinion in the Dred Scott v.
• Sandford case, where he agreed with Chief Justice Roger Taney that Congress lacked authority to regulate slavery in the territories, reinforcing the legal framework that heightened sectional tensions before the Civil War.
• A child prodigy, he entered Franklin College (now the University of Georgia) at age 11 and graduated at 14 with high honors.
• Campbell studied law under his uncles and was admitted to the Georgia bar at 18 through a special legislative act due to his young age.