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THBDecember 5, 1864 SIMON CAMERON ALS Regarding Lincolns Electoral College Victory
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Civil War Date "Simon Cameron" Autograph Letter Signed to an Electoral College Member "who have done so much to elect Mr. Lincoln, & benefit our great State, among them."
SIMON CAMERON (1799-1889). Appointed as Lincoln's First United States Secretary of War under President Abraham Lincoln at the start of the American Civil War.
December 5, 1864-Dated Civil War Period, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Electoral College Victory Content, Autograph Letter Signed, "Simon Cameron", measuring 5" x 8", 1 page, Harrisburg, (PA.), Choice Very Fine. Light transmittal folds, extremely clean and fresh in appearance being easy to read and nicely signed. Cameron writes this thank you style Letter to a H.C. Cory, reading in part:
"The Electoral College will meet Wednesday - & I propose inviting its members to my house after the vote has been cast. Allow me to say that it will gratify my family and greatly please very many of the members of the College to see you, who have done so much to elect Mr. Lincoln, & benefit our great State, among them."
Excellent "Electoral College" Presidential Election of 1864 Political related historic content!
Simon Cameron (March 8, 1799 - June 26, 1889) was an American businessman and politician. He represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate and served as United States Secretary of War under President Abraham Lincoln at the start of the American Civil War.
Born in Maytown, Pennsylvania, Cameron made a fortune in railways, canals, and banking. As a member of the Democratic Party, he won election to the Senate in 1845, serving until 1849. A persistent opponent of slavery, Cameron briefly joined the Know Nothing Party before switching to the Republican Party in 1856.
He won election to another term in the Senate in 1857 and sought the Republican presidential nomination at the 1860 Republican National Convention. After the first ballot of the convention, he withdrew his name from consideration in favor of Lincoln, who went on to win the Republican nomination.
After Lincoln won the Presidential election of 1860, he Appointed Cameron as his first Secretary of War. Cameron's tenure was marked by allegations of corruption and lax management, and he was forced to resign early in 1862.
He briefly served as the U.S. ambassador to Russia later that year. Cameron made a political comeback after the Civil War, winning election to the Senate in 1867. From this post, Cameron built a powerful state party machine that would dominate Pennsylvania politics for the next seventy years. He served in the Senate until 1877, when he was succeeded by his son, J. Donald Cameron.
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