Cameron, J. D. (James Donald), 1833-1918

LC control no.	n 86114833
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Cameron, J. D. (James Donald), 1833-1918 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Cameron, James Donald, 1833-1918 Cameron, Don, 1833-1918
Located	Washington (D.C.) Harrisburg (Pa.)
Birth date	18330514
Death date	19180830
Place of birth	Middletown (Dauphin County, Pa.)
Profession or occupation	Legislators
Found in	NUCMC data from NJ Hist. Soc. for Bradley, J.P. Papers, 1836-1937 (J. Donald Cameron) LC manual auth. cd. (hdg.: Cameron, James Donald, 1833-1918; usage: J.D. Cameron; Hon., Pa.) DAB (Cameron, James Donald, 1833-1918; railroad pres. (Northern Central RR); Sec. War; US Sen., Pa.; banker; s. Simon (1799-1889) Cameron & Margaret (Brua) C.; grad. Princeton; Sec. War, 1876-1877; US Sen. from Pa., replacing father; pres. Bank of Middletown (Pa.); Republican; res.: Lancaster, Pa.; m. 1: Mary McCormick (d. 1874); 2: Elizabeth Sherman; known as Don Cameron; J.D. Cameron) Biographical directory of the United States Congress, viewed March 9, 2015 (Cameron, James Donald, (son of Simon Cameron), Senator from Pennsylvania; b. Middletown, Dauphin County, Pa., May 14, 1833; graduated from Princeton College in 1852; recd. graduate degree in 1855; bank clerk and cashier; president of the Northern Central Railway Co. of Pennsylvania 1866-1874; Secretary of War in the Cabinet of President Ulysses Grant 1876-1877; chairman of the Republican National Committee in 1880; elected as Republican to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of his father, Simon Cameron, March 5, 1877; reelected in 1879, 1885, and 1890, and served from March 20, 1877, to March 3, 1897; chairman, Committee on Naval Affairs (47th-52nd and 54th Congresses), Committee on Revolutionary Claims (53rd Congress); was not a candidate for reelection; engaged in several business enterprises in Harrisburg, Pa.; d. at his country home, Donegal, in Lancaster County, Pa., August 30, 1918)