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John Charles Frémont (January 21, 1813 – July 13, 1890), was an American military officer, explorer, the first candidate of the Republican Party for the office of President of the United States, and the first presidential candidate of a major party to run on a platform in opposition to slavery, although he lost to Democratic candidate, James Buchanan.
Prior, Frémont served as a military governor of California (1847), and then US Senator (1850-1851). He held the rank of General for the Union army during the American Civil War. In 1862, as commander of the U.S. Army's Department of the West, Frémont took the dramatic step of imposing martial law on the state of Missouri, during which he emancipated the slaves and seized the property of secessionists. His actions brought him into conflict with President Abraham Lincoln, who overruled Frémont and rescinded his order.
In 1864, Frémont was the favored candidate of the Radical Republicans. Only a political deal with Lincoln kept Frémont from running. After the war, Frémont left politics, except for a brief stint as the territorial governor of Arizona.
John C. Frémont in The Guns of the South[]
With the Republican Party in disarray after the Confederate victory in Second American Revolution, John C. Frémont became the presidential nominee of the breakaway "Radical Republicans" in the 1864 election. Andrew Johnson, a Tennessee politician who had refused to secede with his home state, was Frémont's running-mate. The close election was won by Democratic candidate Horatio Seymour while incumbent Abraham Lincoln came in second. The Fremont-Johnson ticket came in third place in the popular vote with 436,337 votes but last in the electoral votes, carrying only three electoral votes from Kansas.
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- References to Historical Figures in Turtledove's Work for additional minor references.
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Governor of Arizona Territory 1878–1881 |
Succeeded by Frederick Augustus Tritle |
New title | United States Senator from California (Class 1) 1850–1851 Served alongside: William M. Gwin |
Succeeded by John B. Weller |
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Republican Party Presidential Candidate 1856 (lost) |
Succeeded by Abraham Lincoln |
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Radical Republican presidential nominee 1864 (lost) |
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