Amiable scoundrel : Simon Cameron, Lincoln's scandalous Secretary of War

Amiable scoundrel : Simon Cameron, Lincoln's scandalous Secretary of War

From abject poverty to undisputed political boss of Pennsylvania, Lincoln's secretary of war, senator, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and a founder of the Republican Party, Simon Cameron (1799-1889) was one of the nineteenth century's most prominent political figures. In...

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Main Author: Kahan, Paul (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : Potomac Books, An imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Cameron, Simon, > 1799-1889.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Friends and associates.
Cabinet officers.
Legislators > United States > Biography.
United States > Politics and government > 1849-1877.
United States > Politics and government > 1861-1865.
Maytown (Lancaster County, Pa.) > Biography.
Biographies.

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Call Number: E 415.9 .C18 K34 2016
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