Person
ISNI: 
0000 0000 2829 9762
https://isni.org/isni/0000000028299762
Name: 
Cameron, Simon
Simon Cameron (American politician)
Simon Cameron (Amerikaans politicus)
Simon Cameron (amerikansk politikar, diplomat og bankier)
Simon Cameron (amerikansk politiker, diplomat och bankir)
Simon Cameron (amerikansk politiker, diplomat og bankier)
Simon Cameron (politicien américain)
Simon Cameron (politico statunitense)
Simon Cameron (US-amerikanischer Politiker)
Кэмерон, Саймон
Саймън Камерън
סיימון קמרון
سایمون کامرون (سیاست‌مدار و دیپلمات آمریکایی)
サイモン・キャメロン
Dates: 
1799-1889
Creation class: 
Language material
Creation role: 
author
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Democratic Party (U.S.) (isAffiliatedWith)
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) (isAffiliatedWith)
United States. Congress. Senate (isAffiliatedWith)
United States. War Department (isAffiliatedWith)
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Associated Group: Democratic Party (U.S.) naf
Associated Group: Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) naf
Associated Group: United States. Congress. Senate naf
Associated Group: United States. War Department naf
Associated Language:
Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, March 1, 2016 search result set (Cameron, Simon; Senator, Democrat, PA, 1845-1858; Senator, Republican, PA, 1857-1878) biography ((father of James Donald Cameron), a Senator from Pennsylvania; born in Maytown, Lancaster County, Pa., March 8, 1799; apprenticed as a printer; newspaper owner and editor; cashier of a bank, president of two railroad companies, and adjutant general of Pennsylvania; elected to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James Buchanan, and served from March 13, 1845, to March 3, 1849; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1857, to March 4, 1861, when he resigned, having been appointed Secretary of War; chairman, Committee on Patents and the Patent Office (Twenty-ninth Congress), Committee on Public Buildings (Twenty-ninth Congress), Committee on District of Columbia (Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Congresses), Committee on Printing (Thirtieth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 1860; Secretary of War in the Cabinet of President Abraham Lincoln 1861-1862; United States Minister to Russia 1862; was again elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1867; reelected in 1873, and served from March 4, 1867, until his resignation, effective March 12, 1877; chairman, Committee on Agriculture (Fortieth and Forty-first Congresses), Committee on Foreign Relations (Forty-second through Forty-fifth Congresses), Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (Forty-second Congress); retired from active business pursuits and traveled extensively in Europe and the West Indies; died near Maytown, Lancaster County, Pa., June 26, 1889; interment in Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pa.)
DAB (Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889; Sen from Pa. (Republican boss); financier; Sec. war under Lincoln; Min. to Russia; s. Charles & Martha (Pfoutz) C.; newspaper editor; owner Harrisburg Republican; commis. to settle claims of Winnebago Indians; m. Margaret Brua; father of: J.D. Cameron (1833-1918))
LC data base, 1-21-87 (hdg.: Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889)
Legislators Cabinet officers
NUCMC data from NJ Hist. Soc. for Bradley, J.P. Papers, 1836-1937 (Simon Cameron)
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