James Donald Cameron
32nd United States Secretary of War
In office May 22, 1876 – March 4, 1877
President	Ulysses S. Grant
Preceded by	Alphonso Taft
Succeeded by	George W. McCrary
United States Senator from Pennsylvania
In office March 20, 1877 – March 4, 1897
Preceded by	Simon Cameron
Succeeded by	Boies Penrose
7th Chairman of the Republican National Committee
In office 1879–1880
Preceded by	Zachariah Chandler
Succeeded by	Marshall Jewell
Personal details
Born	(1833-05-14)May 14, 1833 Middletown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	August 30, 1918(1918-08-30) (aged 85) Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Mary McCormick Elizabeth Sherman Cameron
Children	Eliza McCormick Cameron Virginia Rolette Cameron James McCormick Cameron Mary Cameron Margaretta Brua Cameron Rachel Burnside Cameron Martha Cameron
Alma mater	Princeton College
Profession	Politician, Clerk, Cashier, Railroad President

Will he cast his sword into the balance?
An 1882 Puck cartoon depicts Cameron and fellow Pennsylvania senator John I. Mitchell on the Republican Pennsylvania Scale. Cameron, sitting on a platform marked "bossism", attempts to weigh himself down with weights marked "threats", "tricks" and "bluster" while Mitchell, dressed as a Roman, stands at the opposite end as an "Independent Republican". President Chester A. Arthur, too dressed as a Roman, holds a sword marked "patronage" which Cameron asks for to even out the balance.

James Donald Cameron (May 14, 1833 – August 30, 1918) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as Secretary of War under Ulysses S. Grant and in the United States Senate for twenty years.

Biography[link]

Born in Middletown, Pennsylvania in the family home, the son of Simon Cameron, the 26th Secretary of War and a powerful Pennsylvania politician and Margaret Brua. Cameron graduated from Princeton College (today Princeton University) in 1852 and received a graduate degree in 1855. He worked as a bank clerk and cashier and was later president of the Northern Central Railway from 1866 to 1874. In 1876, President Ulysses S. Grant appointed Cameron to his cabinet as Secretary of War, a post his father once served in during the Lincoln administration, to succeed Alphonso Taft, who became Attorney General, and served as so until the end of Grant's presidency.

In 1877, his father resigned from his seat in the United States Senate and Cameron was appointed to fill the vacancy under the ensurance of the Pennsylvania Legislature. He was reelected three more times serving for a total of twenty years. He served as chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs from 1881 to 1891 and again from 1895 to 1897 and as chairman of the Committee on Revolutionary Claims from 1893 to 1895. Cameron also served as chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1879 to 1880. After not being a candidate for reelection in 1896, he engaged in several business enterprises in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and later died at his country home called "Donegal"(Cameron Estate) in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He was interred in Harrisburg Cemetery in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Prior to his death, Cameron was the last surviving member of the Grant administration.

Family[link]

Cameron married Mary McCormick on May 20, 1856, and together they had six children: Eliza McCormick Cameron (b. 1857), who married William H. Bradley; Virginia Rolette Cameron (b. 1861), who married Lt. Alexander Rodgers; James McCormick Cameron (b. 1865); Mary Cameron (b. 1867); Margaretta Brua Cameron (b. 1869), who married John William Clark; and Rachel Burnside Cameron (b. 1871).^[1]

Cameron's second wife, the former Elizabeth Sherman, whom he married in 1878, was the niece of William Tecumseh Sherman and John Sherman and a close friend of Henry Brooks Adams^[2] . Their daughter, Martha Cameron (b.1886), married Sir Ronald Charles Lindsay in 1909.

References[link]

External links[link]

• J. Donald Cameron at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• J. Donald Cameron at Find A Grave
• J. Donald Cameron Biography in Secretaries of War and Secretaries of the Army a publication of the United States Army Center of Military History

v t e United States Senators from Pennsylvania Class 1 W. Maclay Gallatin Ross S. Maclay Leib Roberts Findlay Barnard Dallas McKean Sturgeon Brodhead S. Cameron Wilmot Buckalew J. Scott Wallace Mitchell Quay Knox Oliver Knox Crow Reed Guffey Martin H. Scott Heinz Wofford Santorum Casey Class 3 Morris Bingham Muhlenberg Logan Gregg Lacock Lowrie Marks Wilkins Buchanan S. Cameron Cooper Bigler Cowan S. Cameron J. Cameron Penrose Pepper Vare† Grundy Davis Myers Duff Clark Schweiker Specter Toomey Notes † Never officially seated.

v t e Secretaries of War and Secretaries of the Army Secretaries at War B. Lincoln Knox Secretaries of War Knox Pickering McHenry Dexter Dearborn Eustis Armstrong Monroe W. Crawford Calhoun Barbour P. Porter Eaton Cass Poinsett Bell Spencer J. Porter Wilkins Marcy G. Crawford Conrad J. Davis Floyd Holt S. Cameron Stanton Schofield Rawlins Belknap A. Taft J. Cameron McCrary Ramsey R. Lincoln Endicott Proctor Elkins Lamont Alger Root W. Taft Wright Dickinson Stimson Garrison Baker Weeks D. Davis Good Hurley Dern Woodring Stimson Patterson Royall Secretaries of the Army Royall Gray Pace Stevens Brucker Stahr Vance Ailes Resor Froehlke Callaway Hoffmann C. Alexander Marsh Stone West Caldera White Harvey Geren McHugh Assistant Secretaries of War Scott Dana Eckert Grant Doe Meiklejohn Sanger Oliver Breckinridge Ingraham Crowell Williams Wainwright D. Davis MacNider Hurley Payne Woodring L. Johnson Patterson McCloy Petersen Under Secretaries of the Army Draper Gray Voorhees A. Alexander Bendetsen E. Johnson Slezak Finucane Milton Ailes Ignatius Resor McGiffert Beal BeLieu Staudt Augustine LaBerge Ambrose Stone Shannon Reeder Walker Rostker Dahlberg Brownlee Geren Ford Westphal

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Donald Cameron may refer to:

Scottish Clan Cameron[link]

• Donald Dubh Cameron, 11th Chief
• Taillear Dubh na Tuaighe (born c. 1550), Donald Cameron, illegitimate son of 13th chief; descendants are members of Taylor sept
• Donald Dubh MacDonald MacEwen Cameron, 15th Chief
• Donald Cameron of Lochiel ("the Gentle Lochiel") (c. 1700–1748), Scottish chieftain; 19th chief, and his descendants:
• Donald Cameron, 22nd Lochiel
• Donald Cameron, 23rd Lochiel (1796–1858)
• Donald Cameron, 24th Lochiel (1835–1905), Scottish Conservative politician
• Donald Cameron, 25th Lochiel (1876–1951), Scottish chieftain
• Colonel Sir Donald Hamish Cameron of Lochiel (1910–2004), 26th chief
• Donald Angus Cameron of Lochiel, 27th and present chief

Australian politicians[link]

• Don Cameron (Victorian politician) (1878–1962), Australian Labor Party Senator for Victoria, 1938–1962
• Donald Cameron (Tasmanian politician) (1814–1890), Tasmanian MLC 1868-86, father of Donald Norman Cameron
• Donald Alastair Cameron (1900–1974), Liberal Party of Australia MHR for Oxley, Queensland, 1949–1961
• Donald Charles Cameron (politician) (1879–1960), Nationalist Party of Australia MHR for Brisbane, Queensland, 1919–1931, United Australia Party MHR for Lilley, Queensland, 1934–1937
• Donald James Cameron (1917–1964), Australian Labor Party MHR for Lilley, Queensland, 1961–1963
• Donald Keith Cameron (1887–1967), Nationalist Party of Australia Tasmanian MHA for Wilmot, Tasmania, 1934–1937, son of Donald Norman Cameron
• Donald Milner Cameron (born 1940), Liberal Party of Australia MHR for Griffith, Queensland, 1966–1977, for Fadden, Queensland, 1977–1983, for Moreton, Queensland, 1983–1990
• Donald Newton Cameron (1915–1998), Australian Labor Party Senator for South Australia, 1969–1978
• Donald Norman Cameron, Free Trade Party MHR for Tasmania 1901–1903, for Wilmot, Tasmania, 1904–1906

Canadian politicians[link]

• Donald Cameron, Sr., Member of the Alberta Legislative Assembly, 1921–1935
• Donald Cameron (Alberta politician) (1901–1989), Senator from Alberta and the son of Donald Cameron, Sr.
• Donald Cameron (Prince Edward Island politician) (c. 1836–after 1882), Member of the Legislative Assembly from Prince Edward Island
• Donald Niel Cameron (born 1917), Member of Parliament from British Columbia
• Donald William Cameron (born 1946), Premier of Nova Scotia
• Don Cameron (Saskatchewan politician), Green Party of Canada candidate from Saskatchewan
• Donald Mackenzie Cameron (1843–1920), Scottish-born merchant, journalist and political figure in Ontario, Canada

United States politicians[link]

• J. Donald Cameron (1833–1918), U.S. politician

Sportsmen[link]

• Donald Cameron (rugby union born 1887) (1887–1947), rugby player from New Zealand
• Donald Cameron (rugby union born 1927), (1927-2003) rugby union player from Scotland
• Donald Cameron (water polo) (born 1954), Australian water polo player
• Don Cameron (racehorse trainer), won 1943 U.S. Triple Crown
• Donald Cameron (cricketer) (1908–1990), New Zealand cricketer

Other occupations[link]

• Donald Charles Cameron (colonial administrator) (1872–1948), governor of Nigeria and Tanganyika
• Don Cameron (comics) (1905–1954), writer, primarily of DC Comics comic books
• Don Cameron (balloonist) (born 1939), British balloon manufacturer
• Donald Cameron (VC) (1916–1961), Victoria Cross recipient in 1943
• Donald Ewen Cameron (1901–1967), Scottish-American psychiatrist
• Donald S. Cameron, the captain of Air Canada Flight 797
• Silver Donald Cameron (born 1937), Canadian author and educator
• Donald Cameron (bishop) (1926–2006), suffragan bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Sydney

Characters[link]

• Donald Cameron (EastEnders)

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Cameron Donald
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1977-09-28) 28 September 1977 (age 34) Melbourne, Australia
Motorcycle racing career statistics Isle of Man TT career TTs contested 5 (2005, 2006, 2008, 2010–) TT wins 2 First TT win 2008 Superbike TT Last TT win 2008 Superstock TT Podiums 6

Cameron Donald (born 28 September 1977 in Melbourne, Australia) is a motorcycle road racer who has raced at the Macau Grand Prix, the North West 200 and the Isle of Man TT Races. He lives in Warrandyte, Victoria in Australia. During the racing season Cameron lives in Northern Ireland.

Donald has had many racing achievements, including

• 1st Victorian Dirt Track Champion (1996, 1997, 1998)
• 1st Macau Grand Prix - 600cc (2001)
• 1st (race 1 & 2) National Supersport support race Moto GP Phillip Island (2001)
• 1st Australian Formula Xtreme Privateer Cup - 600cc (2002)
• 1st Victorian Supersport Championship (2002)
• 2nd Oceanic Challenge Series NZ - 600cc (2002)
• 2nd Macau Grand Prix - 600CC (2002 and 2004)
• 1st Privateer in the Australian Formula Xtreme Championship (2003)
• 1st (Round 4) Australian Formula Xtreme Championship (2003)
• 1st Victorian Superbike Championship (2003)
• 1st Macau Grand Prix - 600cc (2003)
• 2nd FIM Asian Road Racing Championship (2003 and 2004)
• 1st Singapore Enduro Race (November 2003)
• 1st Newcomer Isle of Man TT (2005) - Race #1 - 16th position / Race #2 - 11th position
• 1st Newcomer North West 200 (2005) - Race #1 - 13th position / Race #2 - 12th position
• 1st Isle of Man TT Superbike Race (2008)
• 1st Isle of Man TT Superstock Race (2008)

Uel Duncan Racing[link]

Cameron rode for Uel Duncan in 2007, after a highly successful 2006 season with them. His dreams of a TT win in 2007 were shattered at the North West 200, where he broke a collarbone in an incident at the Juniper Chicane. Cameron was back on board the Honda at the Skerries races and left with two wins. Despite many promising performances, Cameron has yet to win an International road race.

Relentless Suzuki[link]

Donald (right) alongside Michael Dunlop during practice for the 2010 Isle of Man TT.

On 4 September 2007, Cameron and Relentless Suzuki signed a deal for Cameron to ride with them in 2008. He will ride for them at the North West 200, Isle of Man TT, Ulster Grand Prix and one of the British Championship classes. This move will make it more likely for Cameron to break his International victory duck. After his first test session with the Relentless bike he seemed very happy with the move. "It just doesn't get any better than this – I'm rapt! I feel privileged to ride for Relentless Suzuki and it's a great opportunity for me. Once we'd sorted out the deal I was anxious to get out on track and try the bikes. We all know how good the supersport and superstock Suzukis are, but when I came in after riding the superbike I couldn't stop smiling. I just thought, I can definitely win on this bike. I haven't stopped smiling to be honest. It's a new challenge for me and I'm also really looking forward to riding at the British circuits in 2008."

2008 season[link]

The season has been Cameron's most successful to date. He achieved his first podiums at the North West 200, finishing in 3rd place in the Superstock race, and a close 2nd in the main Superbike race, being passed by Steve Plater at the Juniper Chicane on the last lap.

Despite missing the 2007 TT through injury, Donald returned to the island and won his first ever TT races. He won the opening Superbike race and also the Superstock race. He was in contention for the blue riband event as well, the Senior TT, but his bike suffered an oil leak while he was leading, forcing him to surrender the lead to John McGuinness. He managed to hold on to 2nd place to cap a great week for himself and the Relentless Suzuki by TAS Racing Team.

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Cameron Donald

• Official website
• Cameron Donald at Isle of Man Guide

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Skaife at the Australian GP in 2006
V8 Supercar Record
Nationality	Australian
Car number	888
Current team	Triple Eight Race Engineering
Series Championships	5
Races	220
Round Wins	42
Podium finishes	87
Race Wins	88
Pole positions	41
2011 Championship position	29th (532 pts)

Mark Stephen Skaife OAM (born 3 April 1967 in Gosford, New South Wales) is an Australian motor racing driver. Skaife is a five time winner of the V8 Supercar Championship Series, including its predecessor the Australian Touring Car Championship. He is also a six-time winner of Australia's most prestigious domestic motor race, the Bathurst 1000. On 29 October 2008, he announced his retirement from full-time touring car racing but continues to compete on a part-time basis.^[1] Skaife's most visible role today is as a colour-commentator for Channel 7's broadcast of the V8 Supercar Championship Series.

Biography[link]

Skaife was born in Gosford, New South Wales, the son of touring car racer, Russell Skaife. Skaife is married to wife Toni with three children: Mitch, Mia and Tilly.^[2] He attended Wyong High School.

In 2004, he was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia, for services to motor racing and charity.^[3] In 2006, Skaife set a Guinness World Record with the fastest speed of 277.16 km/h for a production ute, driving a HSV Maloo at the Woomera Prohibited Area.^[4]

Racing career[link]

Skaife began racing karts in the 1980s. His first car race was at Amaroo Park in 1984, at the wheel of a Holden Torana XU-1 sports sedan, which was partly built by his father, Russell. The following year, Skaife joined the Ford Laser Series, finishing second in the series. Skaife again finished runner up in 1986. Skaife was due to race at Bathurst that year, however his co-driver and team owner, Peter Williamson, crashed the teams Toyota Supra heavily during practice and the entry was withdrawn.

Gibson Motor Sport[link]

Skaife was recruited by Fred Gibson for 1987, however his early days at Gibson Motor Sport were spent as a mechanic for the team. During this time he learnt his way through all aspects of motorsport while also winning the 1987 Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship with a Gibson Motorsport prepared Nissan Gazelle. Skaife made his Bathurst debut in 1987, finishing 19th. In 1988, Glenn Seton left Gibson Motor Sport, and Skaife was called on to drive a third car at Oran Park that year. He partnered George Fury at Bathurst, however the duo retired early in the race.

In 1989 Skaife drove a third Nissan at certain rounds of the ATCC. When Fury retired at the end of 1989, Skaife was elevated into a full-time driving role alongside Jim Richards. Skaife won his first Bathurst in 1991 with Richards, and the following year became the only driver to win the Australian Touring Car Championship, the Bathurst 1000 and the CAMS Gold Star for the Australian Drivers' Championship in the same year. Skaife won the Formula Holden Australian Drivers' Championship each year from 1991–1993. In 1992 Skaife had briefly raced in the International Formula 3000 championship, he took part in the last two races driving for the 3001 International team. His best result was a 16th place at Nogaro in France. In 1993 he returned to Nogaro to race in the French Super Tourer round as a warm up event for the World Touring Car Cup in a Nissan Primera. He and Tony Longhurst represented Australia in that event.

1994 Champion, Mark Skaife

Skaife won his second ATCC title in 1994. In the following years, Gibson Motor Sport struggled with sponsorship after the ban of tobacco advertsiing saw the team lose long-time sponsor Winfield cigarettes. Skaife joined the Holden Racing Team for the 1997 Bathurst 1000, partnering Peter Brock. The pair failed to finish the race.

Skaife also drove internationally in 1997. Mid-way through the year when his then main employer Gibson Motor Sport was having a limited run due to a lack of funds, Skaife joined the Newcastle United Lister Storm team at the 1997 24 Hours of Le Mans. His car (#46), shared with former Formula One driver Julian Bailey and Brazilian Thomas Erdos, qualified in 29th place (25th in the GT1 class) but retired after 77 laps with terminal gearbox trouble.

Holden Racing Team[link]

Skaife joined the Holden Racing Team full time for 1998, alongside Craig Lowndes. Skaife won his third title in 2000, and also won the Queensland 500 with Lowndes. Also in 2000, Skaife pulled off a last-to-first performance in the second race of the Clipsal 500. Skaife successfully defended his crown in 2001, taking a third Bathurst win with Tony Longhurst. In 2002, Skaife had a fantastic season, and he himself has said that the 2002 season was the best he has ever driven.^[5] Skaife won seven of the thirteenth rounds, and took his fourth Bathurst title driving with Jim Richards.

2003 saw Skaife finish third in the series, winning the Sandown 500 with Todd Kelly along the way. 2004 did not hold much for Skaife, and he finished 12th in the standings, with his best result 2nd overall at Oran Park. In 2005, he collected his fifth Bathurst win, on the way to 5th in the title. At Pukekohe in 2006, Skaife equalled Peter Brock's long-standing record of 37 ATCC round wins, and moved ahead when he won at Eastern Creek in 2007. He also made his 200th championship start at Phillip Island that year, and marked the celebration by running car number 200. Skaife collected his final round win at the 2008 L&H 500, when he paired with Garth Tander.

Mark Skaife at Queensland Raceway 2008

On 29 October 2008, Skaife announced that he would be retiring from full-time driving in the V8 Supercar Championship Series. Skaife was given a farewell and tribute at the final round of the series, which was also the last V8 Supercar round at Oran Park Raceway. Skaife sold his interest in Holden Racing Team to Tom Walkinshaw, who owned the team before his UK business collapsed in 2002.

Post retirement[link]

Skaife paired up with Greg Murphy at Sprint Gas Racing for the 2009 enduros. They finished fourth at the 2009 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000.

With a new rule prohibiting full-time drivers from being teammates for the endurances races (Phillip Island and Bathurst) in the 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series, Skaife paired up with Craig Lowndes at Triple Eight Race Engineering for both events. At Phillip Island Skaife finished first together with Craig Lowndes over FPR's Mark Winterbottom and Luke Youlden. The pair backed this up with a win at Bathurst giving Skaife his sixth win in the event and 41st career round win. For 2011 Mark has once again joined Craig Lowndes for Phillip Island, where they won, and for the Bathurst 1000 where they placed second in the closest ever non formed finish of 0.2917 seconds.

Skaife is currently co-presenter on Seven Sport's coverage of V8 Supercar races and co-host of sports program V8 Xtra. In addition, Skaife also presents segments on lifestyle program Guide to the Good Life.

Skaife designed the Homebush Street Circuit for touring cars in Sydney in 2009 as well as the unsuccessful Canberra Street Circuit ten year prior.

Statistics[link]

In 2008 there had been debate over whether or not Skaife has recorded 39 or 40 V8 Supercar round wins. At the start of 2008, Skaife was retrospectively awarded the win of the 2000 Clipsal 500 in place of Garth Tander, giving him his 39th round win at the time. Skaife recorded his '40th' round win at the L&H 500 with Tander later in the year. However, the 2000 Clipsal 500 win has been awarded back to Tander since then, leaving Skaife's tally at 39. Skaife has since won the 2010 L&H 500 taking his total to 40 wins, then 41 wins after victory in the 2010 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000. This total was again increased in 2011 to 42 round wins after taking out the 2011 L&H 500 event with Craig Lowndes.

This situation arose because of the unique format of the Adelaide 500. In recent years, the winner of the second leg has been seen as the round winner, regardless of points. In 2000, Skaife only finished with fourth highest points for the weekend, but won the second race. This situation also arose in 2007, where Rick Kelly was awarded the round win instead of his brother Todd, despite Todd recording the most points for the round.

Career results[link]

Complete International Formula 3000 results[link]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results[link]

Year	Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
						Engine
1997	40 DNF	GT1	46	Newcastle United Lister	Julian Bailey Thomas Erdos	Lister Storm GTL	D	77
						Jaguar 7.0L V12

References[link]

• "Farewell Skaifey", 2008 NRMA Motoring & Services Gran Finale official race programme

External links[link]

• Official Mark Skaife Website
• MotorSM.com – Mark Skaife
• Mark Skaife at the Internet Movie Database