Amiable Scoundrel: Simon Cameron, Lincoln's Scandalous Secretary of War

by Paul Kahan

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. In his wake, however, he left a series of questionable political and business dealings and, at the age of eighty, even a sex scandal.

Far more than a biography...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1612348149
• ISBN13: 9781612348148
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Potomac Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.3"