JAMES D. CAMERON (1833-1918) GRANT\'S SECRETARY OF WAR AUTOGRAPHED CABINET CARD
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JAMES D. CAMERON (1833-1918) GRANT\'S SECRETARY OF WAR AUTOGRAPHED CABINET CARD:
$145.00
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*James Donald Cameron (May 14, 1833 – August 30, 1918) was anAmerican politician from Pennsylvania who served as Secretary of War underPresident Ulysses S. Grant and in the United States Senate for nearly twentyyears. In May, 1876 Cameron was part of a Cabinet realignment by PresidentGrant, having been appointed after a brief tenure by Secretary Alphonso Taft,whom Grant appointed U.S. Attorney General. Former Secretary William W.Belknap had resigned from office, was impeached by the House for takingkickbacks from the Fort Sill tradership, put on trial in the Senate andacquitted. Secretary Cameron was one of two father-son combinations thatserved as Secretary of War. Secretary Simon Cameron was Cameron\'s fatherwho served under President Abraham Lincoln.The other father-soncombination was Secretary Alphonso Taft and his son Secretary WilliamHoward Taft.During Cameron\'s tenure the U.S. Military was challenged bythe Great Sioux War and by the threat of a second Southern secession afterthe controversial election of President Rutherford B. Hayes that endedReconstruction. Cameron proved to be an energetic administrator and hisappointment as Secretary of War launched his lengthy political career in theSenate.
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JAMES D. CAMERON (1833-1918) GRANT\'S SECRETARY OF WAR AUTOGRAPHED CABINET CARD:
$145.00