Show the Cam croas when don cameron is retired from ahe senate of the united states on the ath of march it will bo tho first timo in a general ion that tho senate has been without a cameron among its members his father simon camerom Ca meroa entered the senate in 1845 and was a famous whig leader ten years before the republican party was born his son was elected largely through tho fathers popularity in pennsylvania if wo leave out tho brief period during tho lincoln administration when simon cameron was secretary of war and minister to russia and three years following when ho was in retirement the period of cameron occupancy of a senatorial chair will havo lasted for over half a century |