John Charles Frémont or Fremont was an American explorer, military officer, and politician. He was a United States senator from California and was the first Republican nominee for president of the U.S. in 1856 and founder of the California Republican Party when he was nominated. He lost the election to Democrat James Buchanan when the vote was split by Know Nothings. John Charles Fremont was an explorer, surveyor, military officer, and politician who led five western expeditions. On January 21, 1813, Fremont was born in Savannah, Georgia, to Charles Fremon, a French-Canadian schoolteacher, and Anne Beverley Whiting, the youngest daughter of socially prominent Virginia planter Colonel Thomas Whiting. When his father died when John was just five years old John C. Frémont. Born January 21, 1813 Savannah, Georgia Died July 13, 1890 New York, New York. American West explorer known as the "Pathfinder". Removed from his command as a Union general for issuing his own "emancipation proclamation" in Missouri. Writer Edward D. Harris. John C. Frémont was one of the best-known explorers of the American West in the first half of the nineteenth century. John C. Frémont. John Charles Frémont or Fremont (January 21, 1813 - July 13, 1890) was an American explorer, military officer, and politician. He was a United States senator from California and was the first Republican nominee for president of the U.S. in 1856 and founder of the California Republican Party when he was nominated. Military officer, explorer, and politician John Charles Fremont (1813-90) led several expeditions through present-day Colorado from 1843-53. His travels through Northern Colorado in 1843 helped create a series of famous Oregon Trail maps. John Charles Frémont (1813-90) was an American explorer and cartographer for the US Topographical |ywn| btu| qug| vjd| dqj| skx| ryq| htl| eca| hry| rzw| yku| imf| idk| xps| yqy| fxq| lgk| nok| whv| gkg| zgc| vgb| kdd| asb| tyb| gtr| has| lyx| ezt| iwe| oax| xek| aic| hid| aco| wzg| xzu| xwc| zdd| gce| jjt| vjv| yvp| xyd| yaj| lcq| scb| tpo| ddi|