Calvert, Leonard – Camp, David Nelson
Calvert, Leonard
proprietary governor of Maryland, was born in 1606.
In 1633 he was sent to found the colony in Maryland. He landed at Blackstone Island in 1634, and made the first settlement, which was named St. Mary's. He died June 9, 1647.
Calvert, Philip
proprietary governor of Maryland. In 1660 he was commissioned governor of Maryland.
Calvin, Delano C
lawyer, author, was born Nov. 3, 1824, in Jefferson county, N. Y. He has attained success as a noted lawyer of New York city, and is the author of a number of works.
Calvin, Samuel
educator, lawyer, congressman, was born July 30, 1811, in Washingtonville, Pa. In 1848 he was elected a member from Pennsylvania to the thirty-first congress, and in 1850 declined a re-election.
Calvin, Samuel
soldier, geologist, was born Feb. 2, 1840, in Scotland. He served as a private during the latter part of the civil war, and subsequently became professor of geology and structural zoölogy at the state university of Iowa.
Calvo, Henry Clay Warmoth Casa
lawyer, legislator, lecturer, was born June 29, 1869, in Baton Rouge, La.
He is a great-grandson of Governor Casa Calvo, who was governor of the territory of Louisiana during 1799-1801. For several years he was engaged in educational work, and in 1896 was elected to the state legislature of Louisiana. He has attained prominence as a successful lawyer in his native city, and as a lecturer is well known throughout the state.
Cambell, Alexander
physician, state senator, congressman, was born in 1779, in Virginia. He was a member of the Kentucky legislature in 1800. He moved to Ohio in 1803; was a member of the Ohio legislature in 1806; was a senator in congress from that state from 1809 to 1813; and served as a state senator from 1813 to 1823. He died Nov. 5, 1857, in Ripley, Ohio.
Cambell, Brookins
state senator, congressman, was born in 1808 in Washington county, Tenn. He was, for many years, a member of the state legislature, and in 1845 was unanimously elected speaker. He was an officer in the quartermaster's department in the war with Mexico, and was elected a representative from Tennessee to the thirty-third congress. He died Dec. 25, 1853, in Washington, D. C.
Cambreleng, Churchill C
merchant, diplomat, congressman, was born in 1786 in Washington, N. C. At an early day he engaged in mercantile pursuits with John Jacob Astor, and traveled extensively over the world. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1821 to 1839, and in 1840 was appointed minister plenipotentiary to Russia; his reports and political pamphlets were at one time very numerous, one of the former, on commerce and navigation, having gone through several editions and been republished in London. He died April 30, 1862, at West Neck, L. I.
Camden, Johnson N
lawyer, legislator, United States senator, was born March 6, 1828, in Lewis county, W. Va.
He was appointed a cadet to West Point in 1846; and resigned in 1848. He was admitted to the bar in 1851; appointed prosecuting attorney for Braxton county the same year, and was elected prosecuting attorney for Nicholas county in 1852. He was engaged in the banking business from 1854 to 1858, when he entered into the development of petroleum and manufacturing interests at Parkersburg; and was made president of the First National bank of that city in 1862. He was the nominee of the democratic party for governor in 1868 and again in 1872; and was a delegate to the democratic national convention of 1868, 1872 and 1876. He was elected to the United States senate, and took his seat March 4, 1881, and served till March 3, 1887; and was in the United States senate in 1893-95, to fill a vacancy.
He was instrumental in organizing the Ohio River Railroad company and building a road on the east bank of the Ohio river from Wheeling, by way of Parkersburg, to Huntington, and later he organized and built the railroad from Fairmont to Clarksburg, opening up a coal field which is now marketing over a million tons of coal and coke annually. He is president of the Monongahela River road, and the West Virginia and Pittsburg road; and is also the president of other railroads and business enterprises.
Cameron, Alexander
manufacturer, was born Nov. 1, 1834, in Scotland.
He extended the tobacco industry by organizing the firm of Alexander Cameron and Company, of Richmond, in 1865; and established an Australian branch, and built large factories at Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney and Brisbane.
Cameron, Alexander
lawyer, was born March 9, 1849, in Charleston, S. C.
He was one of the incorporators of the New York and Jersey Telephone company, a director therein, its general counsel, and president of the Automatic Fire Alarm company of Long Island.
Cameron, Angus
was born July 4, 1826, in Caledonia, N. Y. He was a member of the New York state senate in 1863, 1864, 1871 and 1872; was a member of the assembly in 1866 and 1867, and was speaker of that body in 1867. In 1875 he was elected to the United States senate from Wisconsin for the term ending in 1881, and was re-elected in 1881 for the remainder of the term ending in 1885, to fill a vacancy.
Cameron, Henry Clay
educator, author, was born Sept. 1, 1827, in Shepherdstown, Va. Meanwhile he was principal of the Edgehill school in Princeton in 1851, and in 1852-55 tutor at the college.
He was made adjunct professor of Greek in 1855, associate in 1860, and since 1877 he has held the chair of the Greek language and literature in Princeton college. In addition he was instructor in French in 1859-70, and librarian in 1865-72. For more than twenty years he edited the General Catalogue of the College of New Jersey, and, in addition to cyclopædia articles and essays, including one on Jonathan Dickinson and the Rise of Colleges in America, he has published Princeton Roll of Honor, a list of the graduates of that college that fought in the war for the union; and The History of the American Whig Society.
Cameron, I. W
poet. He has contributed many meritorious poems to the press of Iowa.
Cameron, James
soldier, was born March 1, 1801, in Maytown, Pa. He took the colonelcy of the seventy-ninth New York highland regiment of volunteers, and at the first battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861, fell, at the head of his men, mortally wounded.
Cameron, James Donald
statesman, was born May 14, 1833, in Harrisburg, Pa. He was a delegate to the republican national convention at Chicago in 1880; and was elected a United States senator from Pennsylvania as a republican, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of his father, Simon Cameron, in 1877, and was re-elected in 1879, in 1885 and in 1890.
Cameron, Paul Carrington
lawyer, financier, state senator, was born Sept. 25, 1808, in Stagville, N. C. He promoted the building of the North Carolina railroad, and served for one year as president. In 1856 Orange county sent him to the state senate. He died Jan. 6, 1891, in Hillsboro, N. C.
Cameron, Robert Alexander
physician, soldier, was born Feb. 22, 1828, in Brooklyn, N. Y. He was a member of the Indiana legislature in 1860-61. He entered the national service as a captain in 1861, and was made brigadier-general of volunteers in 1863. He was superintendent of the colony that founded the town of Greeley, Col., in 1870, and of the Colorado springs and Manitou colonies in 1871.
In 1885 he was made warden of the state penitentiary at Canon City, Col.
Cameron, Simon
journalist, statesman, was born March 8, 1799, in Lancaster county, Pa. Before entering congress he was the cashier of a bank, president of two railroad companies, and adjutant-general of the state. He was first elected a senator in congress in 1845. In 1860 he was prominently mentioned as a candidate for the presidency; in 1861 became secretary of war under President Lincoln; and in 1862 resigned that position and was appointed minister to Russia. In 1867 he was again chosen a senator in congress for the term ending in 1873, and was reelected to the senate for a fourth term, and resigned in 1877. He died June 26, 1889, in Lancaster county, Pa.
Cameron, William E
governor.
He was elected governor of Virginia for the term of four years, from 1882.
Caminetti, Anthony
lawyer, congressman, was born July 30, 1854, in Jackson, Cal. He was elected district attorney of Amador county in 1877 for two years, re-elected in 1879 for three years; and was elected to the state assembly in 1883. He declined renomination, and was elected to the state senate in 1886. He has been engaged in practical fruit culture. He is the first native of California after it became a state elected to congress; was elected to the fifty-second and fifty-third congresses as a democrat.
Camp, David Nelson
educator, banker, was born Oct. 3, 1820, in Durham, Ky. He received his education in the Durham, Meriden and Hartford Grammar schools. He has served as state superintendent of schools; was professor in St. John's college, and attained prominence as one of the foremost educators of the New England states. He has filled numerous positions of honor in his city, county and state; was auditor of the National Council, and is a prominent member of various fraternal orders. For many years he has retired from active work, but holds the position of vice-president of the National bank of New Britain, Conn.