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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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lincoln :
Potomac Books, An imprint of the University of Nebraska Press,
[2016]
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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 his wake, however, he left a series of questionable political and business dealings and, at the age of eighty, even a sex scandal. |
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367 pages ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-358) and index. |
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9781612348148 1612348149 |