Overview
- Campbell’s death was confirmed by his daughter, Shanan Campbell, who said he died of natural causes at age 92.
- He served three terms in the U.S. House beginning in 1987 and later represented Colorado in the U.S. Senate from 1993 to 2005.
- A member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, he became a leading voice on American Indian issues and helped establish the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site.
- His legislative record included key roles in elevating Great Sand Dunes and Black Canyon of the Gunnison to national park status and in advancing the National Museum of the American Indian.
- He switched from the Democratic to the Republican Party during his congressional career and in 1999 pressed U.S. efforts to account for missing Israeli soldiers from the 1982 Lebanon war.