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    Simon Cameron (March 8, 1799 – June 26, 1889) was an American businessman and politician who represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate and...
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    The Simon Cameron House, also known as John Harris Mansion and the Harris–Cameron Mansion, is a historic house museum at 219 South Front Street in Harrisburg...
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    1897. Cameron succeeded his father, Simon Cameron, in both offices and as boss of the powerful Pennsylvania Republican political machine. Cameron was raised...
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    The Simon Cameron School is an historic, American school building that is located in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Named for Pennsylvania...
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  • by antislavery Know Nothing and Republican Simon Cameron, it passed into control of his son J. Donald Cameron, later controlled by Matthew Quay and finally...
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    Cameron Estate is one of the five summer homes of President Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of War, Simon Cameron and his family from 1872 to 1959. Often...
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  • The Simons & Cameron recording group, from Reno, Nevada, was formed in 2002 and is made up of the songwriting team of Gordon Simons and Lane Cameron, as...
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    The Simon Cameron House and Bank consists of an historic home and bank building that are located in Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It was added...
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    David William Donald Cameron, Baron Cameron of Chipping Norton (born 9 October 1966), is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United...
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  • John Ellis of North Carolina replied in a telegram to Secretary of War Simon Cameron, "I can be no party to this wicked violation of the laws of the country...
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    Clinton, Elk, McKean, and Potter Counties. It is named for Senator Simon Cameron. The county is part of the North Central Pennsylvania region of the...
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    candidate, rivaled by William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase, Edward Bates, and Simon Cameron. While Lincoln was popular in the Midwest, he lacked support in the...
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  • executive. Lincoln's first Secretary of War was Simon Cameron; Edwin M. Stanton was confirmed to replace Cameron in January 1862. Thomas A. Scott was Assistant...
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    early days of the American Civil War (Civil War). He was the brother of Simon Cameron, United States Senator and first United States Secretary of War in the...
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    of Ohio, former representative Edward Bates of Missouri, and Senator Simon Cameron of Pennsylvania all commanded support from a significant share of delegates...
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    Democratic Party politics, which were divided into two camps led by Simon Cameron and George Dallas. He quietly campaigned for the 1852 Democratic presidential...
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    Soon, Simon Cameron, Lincoln's Secretary of War, was being accused of incompetently handling his department, and some wanted him to resign. Cameron sought...
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    Cameron Mica Boyce (May 28, 1999 – July 6, 2019) was an American actor. He began his career as a child actor, appearing in the 2008 films Mirrors and...
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    Among the Union dead was Col. James Cameron, the brother of President Lincoln's first Secretary of War, Simon Cameron. Among the Confederate casualties...
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    representative from Illinois William Seward, senator from New York Simon Cameron, senator from Pennsylvania Salmon P. Chase, governor of Ohio Edward...
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    create new centers of Republican political strength. Cameron Parish is named for Republican Simon Cameron, a Pennsylvanian who was President Abraham Lincoln's...
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    Suzy Amis Cameron (born Susan Elizabeth Amis, January 5, 1962) is an American former actress, model, author and activist, who advocates for a plant-based...
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    with the political machine run by Senator Simon Cameron, and, by 1880, was the chief lieutenant of Cameron and his son and successor Don. Quay served...
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    general in chief Winfield Scott, and the second from Secretary of War Simon Cameron following the personal order of President Abraham Lincoln—but he declined...
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  • putters Sean Cameron (disambiguation) Silver Donald Cameron (1937-2020), Canadian writer Simon Cameron (1799–1889), U.S. politician Tassie Cameron, Canadian...
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    pension, writing numerous letters to Congress and urging patrons such as Simon Cameron and Joseph Seligman to petition on her behalf. She insisted that she...
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    census. Maytown is noted as the birthplace of 19th-century politician Simon Cameron, who served in the Cabinet of President Abraham Lincoln. The Grove Mansion...
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  • the 38th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. It was probably named for Simon Cameron, Lincoln's first secretary of war. Other units that trained here included...
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    Cowan was a delegate pledged to Simon Cameron at the Republican National Convention, and backed Cameron until Cameron gave his support to Abraham Lincoln...
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    1867 and was re-elected in 1873. Sen. Cameron resigned on March 12, 1877. Following the resignation of Simon Cameron, the Pennsylvania General Assembly convened...
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