J. Donald Cameron
James Donald Cameron was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as Secretary of War under President Ulysses S. Grant and in the United States Senate for nearly twenty years. In May, 1876 Cameron was part of a Cabinet realignment by President Grant, 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 taking profit money from the Fort Sill tradership, put on trial in the Senate and acquitted. Secretary Cameron was one of two fatherson combinations that served as Secretary of War. Secretary Simon Cameron was Camerons father who served under President Abraham Lincoln. The other fatherson combination was Secretary Alphonso Taft and his son Secretary William Howard Taft. During Camerons tenure the U.S. Military was challenged by the Great Sioux War and by the threat of a second Southern secession after the controversial elec
James Donald Cameron was born on May 14, 1833 in Middletown, Pennsylvania in the family home, the firstborn son of Simon Cameron, the 26th Secretary of War under President Abraham Lincoln and a powerful Pennsylvania politician. Camerons mother was Margaret Brua. Cameron was commonly referred to as Don. Having received his elementary education in Harrisburg, Cameron enrolled in Princeton College having graduated in 1852 and received a graduate degree in 1855.
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