6/25/2023 0 Comments The 4th Branch by J. Thomas Rompel![]() ![]() senators elected from the new state of California in 1850.Īt the beginning of the American Civil War in 1861, he was given command of the Department of the West by President Abraham Lincoln. Gold was found on his Mariposa ranch, and Frémont became a wealthy man during the California Gold Rush. ![]() Afterwards, he settled in California at Monterey while buying cheap land in the Sierra foothills. Polk, but Frémont resigned from the Army. His sentence was commuted and he was reinstated by President James K. Frémont was court-martialed and convicted of mutiny and insubordination after a conflict over who was the rightful military governor of California. Army and took control of California from the California Republic in 1846. During the Mexican–American War, he was a major in the U.S. In the 1840s, he led five expeditions into the western states. Despite this, he was an opponent of slavery. He lost the election to Democrat James Buchanan when the vote was split by Know Nothings.įrémont was a native of Georgia. in 1856 and founder of the California Republican Party when he was nominated. He was a United States senator from California and was the first Republican nominee for president of the U.S. John Charles Frémont or Fremont (January 21, 1813 – July 13, 1890) was an American explorer, military officer, and politician. ![]()
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