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Tillgänglig på 17 språk" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-17" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">17 språk</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86" title="سايمون كاميرون – arabiska" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="سايمون كاميرون" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="arabiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86" title="سایمون کامرون – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="سایمون کامرون" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D1%8D%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Сайман Кэмеран – belarusiska" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Сайман Кэмеран" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="belarusiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Cameron" title="Simon Cameron – danska" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Simon Cameron" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="danska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Cameron" title="Simon Cameron – tyska" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Simon Cameron" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="tyska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Cameron" title="Simon Cameron – engelska" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Simon Cameron" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="engelska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Cameron" title="Simon Cameron – spanska" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Simon Cameron" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="spanska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86" title="سایمون کامرون – persiska" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="سایمون کامرون" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="persiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Cameron" title="Simon Cameron – franska" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Simon Cameron" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="franska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Cameron" title="Simon Cameron – italienska" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Simon Cameron" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="italienska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%A7%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9F" title="סיימון קמרון – hebreiska" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="סיימון קמרון" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="hebreiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Cameron" title="Simon Cameron – ungerska" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Simon Cameron" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="ungerska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86" title="سايمون كاميرون – egyptisk arabiska" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="سايمون كاميرون" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="egyptisk arabiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Cameron" title="Simon Cameron – nederländska" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Simon Cameron" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="nederländska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AD%E3%83%B3" title="サイモン・キャメロン – japanska" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="サイモン・キャメロン" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="japanska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Cameron" title="Simon Cameron – polska" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Simon Cameron" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="polska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%8D%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD,_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Кэмерон, Саймон – ryska" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Кэмерон, Саймон" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="ryska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span class="wb-langlinks-edit wb-langlinks-link"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q1348975#sitelinks-wikipedia" title="Redigera interwikilänkar" class="wbc-editpage">Redigera länkar</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="vector-page-toolbar"> <div class="vector-page-toolbar-container"> <div id="left-navigation"> <nav aria-label="Namnrymder"> <div id="p-associated-pages" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-associated-pages" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Simon_Cameron" title="Visa innehållssidan [c]" accesskey="c"><span>Artikel</span></a></li><li id="ca-talk" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Diskussion:Simon_Cameron" rel="discussion" title="Diskussion om innehållssidan [t]" accesskey="t"><span>Diskussion</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown emptyPortlet" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Ändra språkvariant" > <label id="vector-variants-dropdown-label" for="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">svenska</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-variants" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-variants emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> <div id="right-navigation" class="vector-collapsible"> <nav aria-label="Visningar"> <div id="p-views" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-views" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-view" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Simon_Cameron"><span>Läs</span></a></li><li id="ca-ve-edit" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Cameron&veaction=edit" title="Redigera denna sida [v]" accesskey="v"><span>Redigera</span></a></li><li id="ca-edit" class="collapsible vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Cameron&action=edit" title="Redigera wikitexten för den här sidan [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Redigera wikitext</span></a></li><li id="ca-history" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Cameron&action=history" title="Tidigare versioner av sidan [h]" accesskey="h"><span>Visa historik</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Sidverktyg"> <div id="vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-tools-dropdown" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Verktyg" > <label id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-label" for="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Verktyg</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-page-tools" class="vector-page-tools vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-page-tools-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="page-tools-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-page-tools" data-pinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Verktyg</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.pin">flytta till sidofältet</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.unpin">dölj</button> </div> <div id="p-cactions" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-cactions emptyPortlet vector-has-collapsible-items" title="Fler alternativ" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Åtgärder </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-more-view" class="selected vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Simon_Cameron"><span>Läs</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-ve-edit" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Cameron&veaction=edit" title="Redigera denna sida [v]" accesskey="v"><span>Redigera</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-edit" class="collapsible vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Cameron&action=edit" title="Redigera wikitexten för den här sidan [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Redigera wikitext</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-history" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Cameron&action=history"><span>Visa historik</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-tb" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-tb" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Allmänt </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-whatlinkshere" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:L%C3%A4nkar_hit/Simon_Cameron" title="Lista över alla wikisidor som länkar hit [j]" accesskey="j"><span>Sidor som länkar hit</span></a></li><li id="t-recentchangeslinked" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:Senaste_relaterade_%C3%A4ndringar/Simon_Cameron" rel="nofollow" title="Visa senaste ändringarna av sidor som den här sidan länkar till [k]" 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Han representerade <a href="/wiki/Lista_%C3%B6ver_USA:s_delstater" class="mw-redirect" title="Lista över USA:s delstater">delstaten</a> Pennsylvania i <a href="/wiki/USA:s_senat" title="USA:s senat">USA:s senat</a> <a href="/wiki/1845" title="1845">1845</a>–<a href="/wiki/1849" title="1849">1849</a>, <a href="/wiki/1857" title="1857">1857</a>–<a href="/wiki/1861" title="1861">1861</a> och <a href="/wiki/1867" title="1867">1867</a>–<a href="/wiki/1877" title="1877">1877</a>. Han tjänstgjorde som <a href="/wiki/USA:s_krigsminister" title="USA:s krigsminister">USA:s krigsminister</a> i början av <a href="/wiki/Amerikanska_inb%C3%B6rdeskriget" title="Amerikanska inbördeskriget">amerikanska inbördeskriget</a> 1861–<a href="/wiki/1862" title="1862">1862</a>. </p><p>Cameron var <a href="/wiki/1821" title="1821">1821</a> redaktör för <i>Bucks County Messenger</i>. Han flyttade året därpå till <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> och arbetade på tryckeriet Gales and Seaton. Han gifte sig med Margaret Brua och flyttade tillbaka till Pennsylvania. Han köpte tidningen <i>Republican</i> i <a href="/wiki/Harrisburg" title="Harrisburg">Harrisburg</a> och var sedan verksam som <a href="/wiki/Publicist" title="Publicist">publicist</a>. Han gick med i <a href="/wiki/Whigpartiet_(USA)" title="Whigpartiet (USA)">whigpartiet</a> och bytte sedan parti till <a href="/wiki/Demokratiska_partiet" title="Demokratiska partiet">demokraterna</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/James_Buchanan" title="James Buchanan">James Buchanan</a> avgick 1845 som senator för Pennsylvania för att tillträda som <a href="/wiki/Utrikesminister" title="Utrikesminister">utrikesminister</a>. Cameron blev invald i senaten och skötte ämbetet fram till slutet av Buchanans mandatperiod. Han efterträddes 1849 som senator av <a href="/wiki/James_Cooper" class="mw-disambig" title="James Cooper">James Cooper</a>. </p><p>Cameron bytte igen parti, först till <a href="/wiki/Knownothings" title="Knownothings">knownothings</a> och sedan till <a href="/wiki/Republikanska_partiet" title="Republikanska partiet">republikanerna</a>. Han efterträdde 1857 demokraten <a href="/wiki/Richard_Brodhead" title="Richard Brodhead">Richard Brodhead</a> som senator. Cameron var en av de nominerade kandidaterna på republikanernas <a href="/wiki/USA:s_presidentnomineringskonvent" title="USA:s presidentnomineringskonvent">konvent</a> i <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> inför <a href="/wiki/Presidentvalet_i_USA_1860" title="Presidentvalet i USA 1860">presidentvalet i USA 1860</a>. Han blev trea i den första omröstningen efter <a href="/wiki/William_H._Seward" title="William H. Seward">William H. Seward</a> och <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">Abraham Lincoln</a>. När det såg ut att han inte hade en möjlighet att bli nominerad, drog han sitt namn tillbaka och stödde Lincoln som slutligen nominerades och dessutom vann presidentvalet. Lincoln utnämnde honom 1861 till krigsminister. Han avgick 1862 och utnämndes till chef för USA:s diplomatiska beskickning i <a href="/wiki/Tsarryssland" title="Tsarryssland">Tsarryssland</a>. Cameron trivdes inte särskilt bra i <a href="/wiki/Sankt_Petersburg" title="Sankt Petersburg">Sankt Petersburg</a> och han återvände senare samma år till USA. </p><p>Cameron återvände 1867 till senaten. Han avgick tio år senare och drog sig tillbaka till sin farm nära Maytown i Lancaster County. </p><p>Cameron var <a href="/wiki/Frimureri" title="Frimureri">frimurare</a>. Hans grav finns på <i>Harrisburg Cemetery</i> i Harrisburg. Sonen <a href="/wiki/J._Donald_Cameron" title="J. Donald Cameron">J. 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