Amiable Scoundrel Simon Cameron, Lincoln's Scandalous Secretary of War / Paul Kahan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kahan, Paul, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Friends and associates.

Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889.

Legislators--United States--Biography.

Legislators.

Cabinet officers--United States--Biography.

Cabinet officers.

Maytown (Lancaster County, Pa.)--Biography.

Maytown (Lancaster County, Pa.).

United States--Politics and government--1861-1865.

United States.

United States--Politics and government--1849-1877.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (386 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2016

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : Potomac Books, An imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Introduction: warm friends and bitter enemies

A determined will and a right purpose

The great Winnebago chief, 1838-45

True-hearted Pennsylvanian, able, fearless, and unflinching, 1845-49

Exclude him from the ranks of the Democratic Party, 1849-60

What they worship is the God of success, 1860-61

Then profit shall accrue, 1861-62

Gentlemen, the paragraph stands, 1861-62

A man out of office in Washington, 1862-67

Nothing can beat you, 1867-77

I'll behave myself as long as I'm here, 1877-89

Conclusion: I did the best I could and was never untrue to a friend.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

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ISBN:

1-61234-849-1

1-61234-847-5

OCLC:

950053362