- Term
John Charles Fremont
- Alternate Term
Fremont, John Charles
Fremont, John C.?
Fremont, John C.
General J.C. FREMONT
John.C.Fremont
John C. Fremont
Fremont, John
John C.Fremont
General Fremont
- Remarks
John Charles Fremont, better known as the "Pathfinder", became a national hero for his expedition Westward into California in 1842. During his third expedition in 1845, he won, with the help of the Osos, California's indepedency from Mexico, raising the United States and California Republic flags on July 4, 1846. He served as one of the state's first senators. He was appointed a general by President Lincoln during the Civil War. His popularity and anitslavery stance were also instrumental in his election as the Republican Party's first presidential nominee in 1856, the youngest man yet to run for office.