nd the Cameronian regiment was formed from them.

See Andrew Lang, _History of Scotland_, vol. iii. (1907);
Herzog-Hauck, _Realencyklopadie_ (1897), _s.v._ "Cameronianer"; A.
Smellie, _Men of the Covenant_; Herkless, _Richard Cameron_; P.
Walker, _Six Saints of the Covenant._

CAMERON, SIMON (1799-1889), American politician, was born in Lancaster
county, Pennsylvania, on the 8th of March 1799. Left an orphan at the
age of nine, he early entered journalism, and, in banking and railway
enterprises, accumulated a considerable fortune. He became influential
in Pennsylvania politics, and in 1845-1849 served in the United States
Senate, being elected by a combination of Democratic, Whig and
"American" votes to succeed James Buchanan. In 1854, having failed to
secure the nomination for senator from the "Know-Nothing" Party, which
he had recently joined, he became a leader of the "People's Party," as
the Republican Party was at first called in Pennsylvania. In 1857 he
was elected to the United States Senate as a Republican, despite a
Democratic majority in the state legislature, a fact that gave rise to
charges of bribery. His prominence as a candidate first for the
presidential and then for the vice-presidential nomination in the
Republican national convention of 1860 led to his being selected by
President Lincoln as secretary of war. His administration of this office
at a critical time was marked by his accustomed energy, but
unfortunately also by partiality in the letting of government contracts,
which brought about his resignation at Lincoln's request in January 1862
and his subsequent censure by the House of Representatives. Lincoln sent
him as minister to Russia, but he returned in November 1862. He again
served in the Senate (after 1872, being chairman of the committee on
foreign relations) from 1867 until 1877, when he resigned to make room
for his son, whose election he dictated. Cameron was one of the ablest
political organizers the United States has ever known, and his long
undisputed control of Pennsylvania politics was one of the most striking
examples of "boss rule" in American history. The definition of an honest
politician as "one who when he is bought will stay bought" has been
attributed to him. He died on the 26th of June 1889.

His son JAMES DONALD CAMERON (1833- ) was born at Middletown,
Pennsylvania, on the 14th of May 1833, graduated at Princeton in 1852,
became actively interested in hi