John Archibald Campbell (June 24, 1811 – March 12, 1889) was an American jurist. He was a successful lawyer in Georgia and Alabama, where he served in the state legislature. Appointed by Franklin Pierce to the United States Supreme Court in 1853, he resigned at the beginning of the American Civil War, traveled south and became an official of the Confederate States of America. After serving six months in a military prison at war's end, he secured a pardon and resumed his law practice in New Orleans, where he also opposed Reconstruction.
John Archibald Campbell
Supreme Court of the United States
Born 1811 in Washington, GA
Died 1889 in Baltimore, MD
FJC ID: 361
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 14/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 41/year
Supreme Court of the United States · 1853–1861
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, New Orleans, Louisiana1865–1884
- Confederate States of AmericaAssistant secretary of war for the draft · 1862–1865
- Private practice, Mobile, Alabama1837–1853
- AlabamaState representative · 1837, 1843
- Private practice, Montgomery, Alabama1829–1837
- Private practice, Washington, Georgia1829
Appointments
1853–1861 · Appointed by Franklin Pierce (Democratic)Term ended: Resignation
Education
- Read law1829
- Franklin College (now University of Georgia)1825