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)
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 4, 1856. Democratic nominee James Buchanan defeated Republican nominee John C. Frémont and Know Nothing/Whig nominee Millard Fillmore.
John C. Frémont
…and was the first Republican nominee for president of the U.S. and founder of the California Republican Party upon being nominated. Frémont lost the 1856 United States presidential election to Democrat James Buchanan. A native of Georgia, he attended the College of Charleston for two years until he was expelled after irregular attendance…
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Franklin Pierce, the incumbent president in 1856, whose term expired on March 4, 1857
Minister to Great Britain and former United States Secretary of State James Buchanan