John C. Frémont
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Major-General John Charles Frémont was a United States Army officer, explorer, and politician. He was a United States senator from California and was the first Republican nominee for president of the
Joel R. Poinsett, a wealthy South Carolinian, was Frémont's patron.
Thomas Hart Benton, U.S. Senator, Missouri, was Frémont's powerful backer in the Senate.
Jessie Benton Frémont in 1876
John C. Frémontby George Healy (unknown date)
California Republic
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The California Republic, commonly known as the Bear Flag Republic, was a short-lived unrecognized breakaway state from Mexico, that existed from June 14 to July 9, 1846. It militarily controlled an ar
John C. Frémont
…Mexican–American War, he was a major in the United States Army and took control of a portion of California north of San Francisco from the short-lived California Republic in 1846. Frémont was court-martialed and convicted of mutiny and insubordination after a conflict over who was the rightful military governor of…
1860 romanticized depiction of the Bear Flag Revolt
Pío Pico, the last Mexican Governor of Alta California
President James K. Polk favored annexation of California
U.S. Army captain John C. Frémont encouraged the revolt