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{{Officeholder
|name=J. Donald “Don” Cameron
|image=
|party=[[Republican]]
|spouse=
|religion=
|offices=
{{Officeholder/senator
|state=Pennsvylania
|terms=March 20, 1877 – March 3, 1897
|preceded=Simon Cameron
|status=f
|succeeded=Boies Penrose
}}
{{Officeholder/secretary (cabinet)
|number=32nd
|of=War
|president=[[Ulysses S. Grant
|terms=May 22, 1876 – March 4, 1877
|preceded=Alphonso Taft
|status=f
|succeeded=[[George W. McCrary]]
}}
{{Officeholder/misc
|office=Chair of the [[Republican National Committee]]
|terms=November 1, 1879 – July 2, 1880
|preceded=[[Zachariah Chandler]]
|former=y
|succeeded=Marshall Jewell
}}
}}
'''James Donald Cameron''' (May 14, 1833 – August 30, 1918), also known as '''Don Cameron''',<ref name=nytobit>August 31, 1918. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/08/31/97023154.pdf DON CAMERON DIES; 20 YEARS A SENATOR; Once Republican Leader of Pennsylvania, Aged 85, Spent Last Days on His Farm. GRANT'S WAR SECRETARY In Business He Started as Clerk in His Father's Bank--His $4,000,000 Estate in Trust. Mme. Helen von Doenhoff.] ''The New York Times''. Retrieved December 21, 2021.</ref> was a Republican from [[Pennsylvania]] who served as the state's U.S. senator from two decades, spanning 1877 to 1897. A leader in GOP machine politics, he aligned with the [[Stalwart]] faction of the [[Republican Party]],<ref name=latinlibraryinfo>[http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/chron/civilwarnotes/garfield.html James Garfield (1831-1881)]. ''The Latin Library''. Retrieved December 21, 2021.</ref> staunchly supporting business interests and [[civil rights]] for blacks.
'''James Donald Cameron''' (May 14, 1833 – August 30, 1918), also known as '''Don Cameron''',<ref name=nytobit>August 31, 1918. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/08/31/97023154.pdf DON CAMERON DIES; 20 YEARS A SENATOR; Once Republican Leader of Pennsylvania, Aged 85, Spent Last Days on His Farm. GRANT'S WAR SECRETARY In Business He Started as Clerk in His Father's Bank--His $4,000,000 Estate in Trust. Mme. Helen von Doenhoff.] ''The New York Times''. Retrieved December 21, 2021.</ref> was a Republican from [[Pennsylvania]] who served as the state's U.S. senator from two decades, spanning 1877 to 1897. A leader in GOP machine politics, he aligned with the [[Stalwart]] faction of the [[Republican Party]],<ref name=latinlibraryinfo>[http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/chron/civilwarnotes/garfield.html James Garfield (1831-1881)]. ''The Latin Library''. Retrieved December 21, 2021.</ref> staunchly supporting business interests and [[civil rights]] for blacks.