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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. With only slight formal schooling, Cameron was successful in various.
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.
11 de jun. de 2018 · Simon Cameron (1799-1889) was a Pennsylvania politician and businessman who rose to power through his political machine and his role in the Civil War. He served as a senator, a secretary of war, and a minister to Russia, and was involved in various scandals and controversies.
Learn about the life and career of Simon Cameron, the secretary of war under Abraham Lincoln who was removed from the cabinet for corruption and inefficiency. Find out how he rose from a printer's apprentice to a wealthy banker, a senator, and a minister, and how he supported Lincoln's candidacy and supported the Union cause.
Simon Cameron. SIMON CAMERON was born in Maytown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on 8 March 1799; was orphaned at nine and later apprenticed to a printer before entering the field of journalism; was editor of the Bucks County Messenger, 1821; moved to Washington in 1822 and studied political movements while working for the printing firm of Gales and Seaton; married Margaret Brua; returned to ...
