Camp became a
Whig when that party was founded and served as Lieutenant Governor from 1836 to 1841. He was the first Lieutenant Governor elected after the creation of the
Vermont Senate, and so the first Lieutenant Governor to serve as President of the Senate.[5][6][7]
He was a Delegate to the
1839 Whig national convention.[8] After serving as Lieutenant Governor Camp won election to the Vermont Senate, serving from 1842 to 1844.[9]
Camp served as Orleans County Assistant Judge again in 1843, and also served as Orleans County
Superintendent of Schools.[10]
In the 1850s Camp relocated to
Milwaukee, Wisconsin where his son Hoel H. Camp was a prominent banker and businessman. He returned to Vermont in the 1860s, settling in
Derby Line, where he lived in retirement.[11]
Camp died in Derby Line on February 20, 1871.[12][13] He was buried in Derby Center Cemetery.[14]
Family
In 1815, Camp married Sarepta Savage (1793-1852) of
Hartford, Vermont.[15] Their children included Norman Williams (1817-1898); George Rex (1819-1822); Hoel Hinman (1822-1909); and Frances Harriet (1830-1894).[16]
David M. Camp's nephew, also named David M. Camp, was Clerk of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1869 to 1878 and also served as a member of the Vermont House.[17][18]