# Simon Cameron — The Education of Henry Adams character guide

> Simon Cameron in The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Byron, Senator Cameron, Cameron

**First appearance:** 0010-viii-diplomacy-1861

## Who they are

Pennsylvania senator and Lincoln's first War Secretary.

## In the story

### [XXII: Chicago (1893)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_education_of_henry_adams_se/chapters/xxii-chicago-1893)

Senator from Pennsylvania; Adams travels with his family and observes the Cameron type; key figure in the silver debate.

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