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|term_end2=January 30, 1940

|term_end2=January 30, 1940

|preceded2=J. A. Cross

|preceded2=J. A. Cross

|succeeded2=Doretta Katie "Rhetta" Schuchs Campbell​

|succeeded2=Doretta Katie "Rhetta" Schuchs Campbell​ (interim)

|birth_place=Concordia Parish, Louisiana​

|birth_place=Concordia Parish, Louisiana​

|birth_date=February 18, 1870​

|birth_date=February 18, 1870​

'''Eugene Preston Campbell''', known as '''Gene Campbell''' (February 18, 1870 – January 30, 1940), was a long-serving sheriff in  Concordia Parish in eastern [[Louisiana]]. He held the position for nearly twenty-eight years from June 1908 until 1916 and again from 1920 until his death, which occurred two weeks after his reelection to an eighth four-year term as sheriff, which never materialized.

'''Eugene Preston Campbell''', known as '''Gene Campbell''' (February 18, 1870 – January 30, 1940), was a long-serving sheriff in  Concordia Parish in eastern [[Louisiana]]. He held the position for nearly twenty-eight years from June 1908 until 1916 and again from 1920 until his death, which occurred two weeks after his reelection to an eighth four-year term as sheriff, which never materialized.

His longevity in office is almost as long as another Concordia Parish sheriff, [[Noah W. Cross]], who served from 1940 to 1948 and again from 1952 to 1973, a total of almost twenty-nine years.

His longevity in office is almost as long as another Concordia Parish sheriff, [[Noah W. Cross]], who served from 1940 to 1948 and again from 1952 to 1973, a total of almost twenty-nine years. Campbell died at the age of sixty-nine; Cross at the age of sixty-eight.

==Background==

==Background==