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Biografia. Fu il ventiseiesimo segretario alla Guerra degli Stati Uniti, durante la presidenza di Abraham Lincoln, il 16º presidente degli Stati Uniti d'America. Nato nello stato della Pennsylvania, i suoi genitori furono Charles Cameron e Marth Pfoutz.
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.
22 giu 2024 · Simon Cameron (born March 8, 1799, Maytown, Pa., U.S.—died June 26, 1889, Donegal Springs, Pa.) was a U.S. senator, secretary of war during the American Civil War, and a political boss of Pennsylvania.
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Uomo politico statunitense (Donegal, Pennsylvania, 1799 - ivi 1889); senatore democratico per la Pennsylvania dal 1845 al 1849, aderì, alla sua costituzione, al partito repubblicano. Nel 1856 fu rieletto senatore. Lincoln nel 1861 lo nominò ministro della Guerra.
CAMERON, Simon Uomo politico americano, nato l'8 marzo 1799 a Denegal, morto a New York il 26 giugno 1889. Fu dapprima giornalista nella natia Pennsylvania e a Washington, poi banchiere e uomo d'affari di larga influenza politica messa a servizio del Van Buren e del Buchanan.
“The Great Winnebago Chief” and “Czar of Pennsylvania,” Simon Cameron was the Pennsylvania Republican leader who served in the Senate (1845-49, 1857-61, 1867-77), and replaced James Buchanan.
11 giu 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.
