Albert William Campbell Biography


	This biography appears on page 1478 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	ALBERT WILLIAM CAMPBELL, a leading member of the bar of Aberdeen, 
and ex-judge of the fifth judicial circuit of South Dakota, was born 
October 10, 1856, at Oconomowoc, Waukesha county, Wisconsin. He spent 
his boyhood in Monroe county, Wisconsin, and secured his early education 
in the district school and the graded school of Tomah. He taught school 
for two years. He began the study of law at Madison, Wisconsin, in 1877, 
and in 1877-78 he took the law course at the University of Wisconsin. He 
was admitted to the bar in 1878, and the following year opened an office 
at Viroqua, Wisconsin, where he was engaged in practice until 1883, at 
which time he came to South Dakota, locating at Aberdeen, forming a 
partnership with C. N. Harris. In 1885 Judge Campbell formed a 
partnership with George W. Jenkins. which association continued until 
1889. In 1886 he was elected to the South Dakota legislature and 
reelected in 1888 and in 1889 he was elected to the judgeship of the 
newly created fifth judicial circuit, he being the first judge of the 
same. His term as judge expired on January 1, 1902, when he returned to 
the practice, and has so continued. Both as a lawyer and judge, his 
career has been successful, and his standi1lg in the legal profession of 
South Dakota is of the best. Judge Campbell has been twice married. the 
first time in 1880. to Lulu E. Casson. of Viroqua, Wisconsin, who died 
in 1891, leaving two children; Joseph C. and Donald H. In 1893 Judge 
Campbell married Marie Haven, of Webster, South Dakota. To this union 
three children have been born; Roger, Dorothy and William.