Item 5221 - Simon Cameron, Secretary of War, ca. 1864
- Item 5221 - Simon Cameron, Secretary of War, ca. 1864
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Image Info Simon Cameron of Pennsylvania was the Secretary of War under President Abraham Lincoln from the beginning of the Civil War until 1862, when he resigned in a corruption scandal.
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Cameron had served in the U.S. Senate from 1844-1849 and was again elected to the Senate in 1866. He served until 1877.
