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Biography of Ben Nighthorse Campbell
Name: Ben Nighthorse Campbell
Birth Date: April 13, 1933
Death Date: N/A
Place of Birth: Auburn, California, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: senator
Ben Nighthorse Campbell
As a result of his election on November 3, 1992, Ben Nighthorse Campbell (born 1933) of Colorado became the first Native American to serve in the U.S. Senate in more than 60 years. A member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, Campbell was also a renowned athlete and captained the U.S. judo team for the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo.Ben Nighthorse Campbell was born in Auburn, California, on April 13, 1933, to Mary Vierra, a Portuguese immigrant, and Albert Campbell, a Northern Cheyenne Indian. He had a hard childhood, with a mother frequently hospitalized for tuberculosis and an alcoholic father. Indeed, by the time he turned ten years old Nighthorse had spent half of his life in St. Patrick's Catholic Orphanage in Sacramento, California. At home there was frequently no one to care for him or his younger sister, Alberta. As a result, the youngster spent much of his time in the streets getting into trouble.…showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…years as chair or ranking committee members of Senate committees. Under the rule, he would be required to give up the chairmanship of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee in 2004.Campbell is a member of the Appropriations Committee; Energy and Natural Resources Committee; Veterans' Affairs Committee; and the Indian Affairs Committee. He also chairs the Helsinki Commission. He was expected to become chairman of the Treasury and General Government subcommittee, and Indian Affairs in 2003.In November 2002, the 69-year-old Campbell declared that he would almost certainly be a candidate for re-election in 2004. Campbell said he had been urged to seek re-election by no less than President Bush and Vice President Cheney. Further Reading There are several good articles with excellent biographical data on Campbell. For instance, see "Big Ben," by Harland C. Clifford, in the Boston Globe Magazine (August 2, 1992). Also see a profile of him in the April 6, 1992, issue of People magazine.
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