Talented politician of his generation. People talk about the age of Andrew Jackson but in many ways we should talk about the age of Simon Cameron. This is a man whose political skills were undeniable and the man who built a political machine that lasted far beyond any of those instructed by his contemporaries. He was a man who mastered his moment and when you think he was one of 1799, the last year of George Washingtons life he died in 1889 and during that 90 year. He really rose to the top of first pennsylvania and then americas political elite by mastering his moment. It goes Something Like this. Stephen, congressman from pennsylvania, wellknown abolitionist was meeting with president lincoln early in his first term. Lincoln happened to ask stevens what do you think about cameron as the secretary of war. Stevenson said i dont think cameron would steal a redhot still. This delighted lincoln who loved a good joke, particularly at Simon Cameron expense. Lincoln repeated this joke during
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