 When Comptroller General Lindsay Carter Warren retired Congress was deadlocked over selecting a replacement, so President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Campbell with whom he was familiar with due to Eisenhower's term of presidency at Columbia University.Campbell departed the office before his 15-year term of office concluded due to health issues.His first marriage was to Marjorie Louise Goetze (d. 1973) on September 1, 1925.