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(January
21, 1813 – July 13, 1890) Famous
Conservatives in History
John Charles Frémont in 1856 was the first candidate of the Republican Party for President of the United States. He was the first presidential candidate of a major party to run on a platform in opposition to slavery. He lost to Democrat James Buchanan. Fremont fought in the Mexican War, served as the California territory's governor in 1847 and in the Senate from 1850 to 1851. He was a major general in the Civil War. He was also governor of Arizona from 1878 to 1881. He is known as the "Man who Mapped the West" after having made five westward expeditions, some of which was to survey the land for railroads. He kept reports and maps that which were influential in the the Mormons to settle in Utah.
Compiled by Thomas George
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