district state_senate governor predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place party profession birth_date order term_start image article_title term_end name
7th illinois john marshall hamilton john marshall hamilton michael waller robinson john c. smith john humphrey 4 march 1896 philadelphia , pennsylvania riverside , illinois republican attorney december 12 , 1850 23rd lieutenant governor of illinois february 6 , 1883 1878 william j. campbell.png william j. campbell -lrb- illinois politician -rrb-
 january 30 , 1885 1886 william james campbell
william j. campbell -lrb- illinois politician -rrb-

william james campbell -lrb- december 12 , 1850 -- march 4 , 1896 -rrb- was an american attorney and politician from pennsylvania .
coming with his parents to southern cook county , illinois at a young age , campbell attended public schools , then the university of pennsylvania and the union law school .
he co-founded campbell & custer , a prominent law firm that represented industries .
he served in the illinois senate from 1878 to 1886 , quickly rising to become its president .
from 1883 to 1885 , this made him acting lieutenant governor of illinois .
after his senate experience , he returned to his law firm and was a member of the republican national committee .
