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J. Donald Cameron

1833 - 1918

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James Donald Cameron (May 14, 1833 – August 30, 1918) was an American banker, businessman and Republican politician who served as Secretary of War in the cabinet of President Ulysses S. Grant from 1876 to 1877 and represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1877 to 1897. Cameron succeeded his father, Simon Cameron, in both offices and as boss of the powerful Pennsylvania Republican political machine. Cameron was raised and educated near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of J. Donald Cameron has received more than 145,687 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. J. Donald Cameron is the 16,928th most popular politician (down from 16,099th in 2019), the 10,965th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,646th in 2019) and the 724th most popular American Politician.

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  • 150k

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  • 50.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, J. Donald Cameron ranks 16,928 out of 19,576. Before him are Robert P. Patterson, Kanu Sanyal, Ted Sorensen, Hossein Sheikholeslam, Jo Cox, and Ludger Beerbaum. After him are Sophie in 't Veld, Pat Brown, Tomomi Inada, Ramil Safarov, Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia, and Tetyana Dorovskikh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1833, J. Donald Cameron ranks 87. Before him are Ludwig von Brenner, Duncan Stewart, Charles Bradlaugh, Josipina Turnograjska, Maxwell T. Masters, and Henry Roscoe. After him is Sophus Bugge. Among people deceased in 1918, J. Donald Cameron ranks 179. Before him are Walter Chaffe, Grove Karl Gilbert, Jakob Jakobsen, Joseph F. Smith, Birt Acres, and Arthur O'Hara Wood. After him are Amalie Materna, Walter Rauschenbusch, Ernie Parker, Gaston Salmon, Cecil Healy, and John Forrest.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, J. Donald Cameron ranks 10,965 out of 20,380. Before him are Alan Rachins (1942), Worthington Whittredge (1820), Gerrit Graham (1948), Christopher Ferguson (1961), Chester Morris (1901), and Macklemore (1983). After him are James Badge Dale (1978), Sheb Wooley (1921), Henriette Avram (1919), George Karl (1951), Bobbie Gentry (1942), and Jeffrey Williams (1958).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, J. Donald Cameron ranks 724. Before him are Nell Arthur (1837), Jim Inhofe (1934), Jeremiah Denton (1924), Bill Weld (1945), Robert P. Patterson (1891), and Ted Sorensen (1928). After him are Pat Brown (1905), William Samuel Johnson (1727), Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (1817), Thomas Bibb (1783), Howard Dean (1948), and Robert B. Anderson (1910).

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