John Charles Frémont or Fremont (January 21 1813 – July 13 1890) was an American military officer explorer and politician who became the first candidate of the anti-slavery Republican Party for the office of President of the United States. During the 1840s when he led four expeditions into the American West that era’s penny press and admiring historians accorded Frémont the sobriquet The Pathfinder.During the Mexican American War Frémont a major in the U.S.
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active years end date
1847-03-01, 1851-03-03, 1881-10-11
active years start date
1847-01-14, 1850-09-09, 1878-10-06
alma mater
College of Charleston
appointer
Rutherford B. Hayes
birth date
1813-01-21
birth place
Georgia (U.S. state), Savannah Georgia
country
United States
death date
1890-07-13
death place
New York City
military branch
United States Army
military command
Department of the West, California Battalion
military rank
Major general (United States)
office
3rd Military Governor of California
order in office
United States Senator, from California, 5th Territorial Governor of Arizona
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