Simon Cameron
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Simon Cameron was an American businessman and politician who was four times elected senator from Pennsylvania, and whose involvement in politics spanned over half a century. He served as United States secretary of war under President Abraham Lincoln at the start of the American Civil War.
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Portrait of Simon Cameron by Freeman Thorpe
Potential candidates for the 1860 Republican nomination surround the favorite, Seward. Cameron is at right in middle row; Lincoln at bottom, second from left.
Congratulatory telegram received by Lincoln from Cameron, 1860
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Harper's Weekly depicts Lincoln's first cabinet. Cameron is third from right.
First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln. Cameron, no longer a cabinet member, is depicted in a portrait at left.
Painting of Cameron by John Dabour (1871)In their orbit 1
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About this person
Country
United StatesCategory
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1799 to 1889 · aged 89
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