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Simon Cameron (March 8, 1799 – June 26, 1889) was an American businessman and politician who represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate and served as United States Secretary of War under President Abraham Lincoln at the start of the American Civil War.
Simon Cameron (Maytown, 8 de marzo de 1799-Ibidem, 26 de junio de 1889) fue un empresario y político estadounidense, que se desempeñó como Secretario de Guerra de los Estados Unidos en el gabinete de Abraham Lincoln al inicio de la Guerra de Secesión.
Simon Cameron was a U.S. senator, secretary of war during the American Civil War, and a political boss of Pennsylvania. His son James Donald Cameron (1833–1918) succeeded him in the Senate and as a political power in his state.
Simon Cameron. Fue un empresario y político estadounidense, que se desempeñó como Secretario de Guerra de los Estados Unidos en el gabinete de Abraham Lincoln al inicio de la Guerra de Secesión.
11 de jun. de 2018 · The American politician Simon Cameron (1799-1889) is best known for the efficient political machine he developed in Pennsylvania and for the way he used it to gain public office and financial rewards for himself and his friends. Simon Cameron was born in Lancaster, Pa., on March 8, 1799.
Simon Cameron fue un empresario y político estadounidense, que se desempeñó como Secretario de Guerra de los Estados Unidos en el gabinete de Abraham Lincoln al inicio de la Guerra de Secesión. También fue senador por Pensilvania en tres oportunidades.
Ambitious and materialistic, Simon Cameron set his sights higher than state politics and won a seat in the United States Senate as a Democrat in 1844. Although not re-elected at the end of his term, Cameron joined the new Republican Party and was returned to the Senate in 1857.
