Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889

LC control no.	n 86114834
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Birth date	1799-03-08
Death date	1889-06-26
Place of birth	Maytown (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Place of death	Maytown (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Affiliation	United States. Congress. Senate United States. Congress. Senate United States. War Department United States. Congress. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.) Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Profession or occupation	Legislators Cabinet officers
Found in	NUCMC data from NJ Hist. Soc. for Bradley, J.P. Papers, 1836-1937 (Simon Cameron) LC data base, 1-21-87 (hdg.: Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889) 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)) 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.)
Associated language	eng