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Fremont

Fremont, Joseph — of Bad Axe,HuronCounty, Mich.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMichigan,1912.Burial location unknown.

FREMONT(SoundexF655)—See alsoCLAREMONT,CREMONESI,DAUTREMONT,FORMENTO,FREEMONT,FREMAN,FREMD,FREMLIN,FREMMING,FREMON,FREMSTAD,FRUMENTO,GUEVREMONT,TREMON,TREMOND,TREMONT,TREMONTI. FREMONT:See alsoJohnJoyce GilliganFremont, Benton — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,1936.Burial location unknown.Frémont, John Charles(1813-1890) —also known asJohn C. Frémont;"ThePathfinder";"The Champion ofFreedom" —ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,January21, 1813.Republican.Explorer;MilitaryGovernor of California, 1847;arrestedformutiny,1847;court-martialed;foundguilty ofmutiny,disobedience,andconductprejudicial to order; penalty remitted by Pres.JamesK. Polk;U.S.Senator from California, 1850-51; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1856; general in the Union Army during theCivil War;Governorof Arizona Territory, 1878-81;speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888.Episcopalian.Frenchancestry.Died, ofperitonitis,in ahotelroom at New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 13,1890 (age77 years, 173days).Original interment atTrinityCemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1891 atRocklandCemetery, Nyack, N.Y.   Relatives: Sonof Jean Charles Frémont and Ann Whiting (Pryor)Frémont; married,October19, 1841, to Jessie Benton (daughter ofThomasHart Benton).   Political family:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).   Cross-reference:SelahHill   Fremont County,Colo.,Fremont County,Idaho,Fremont County,Iowa andFremont County,Wyo. are named for him.   FremontPeak,inMontereyCounty andSan BenitoCounty, California, isnamed forhim.  — FremontPeak,inCoconinoCounty, Arizona, isnamed forhim.  — ThecityofFremont,California, isnamed forhim.  — ThecityofFremont,Ohio, isnamed forhim.  — ThecityofFremont,Nebraska, isnamed forhim.  — The World War IILibertyshipSS John C. Fremont (built 1941 atTerminalIsland, California; mined and wrecked inManilaBay, Philippines, 1945) wasnamed forhim.   Other politicians named for him:JohnF. Hill—JohnC. F. Slayton—JohnFremont Cox   Campaign slogan (1856): "Free Soil,Free Men, Fremont."   See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial   Books by John C. Fremont:Memoirsof My Life and Times   Books about John C. Fremont: TomChaffin,Pathfinder:John Charles Fremont and the Course of AmericanEmpire — David Roberts,ANewer World : Kit Carson, John C. Fremont and the Claiming of theAmerican West — Andrew Rolle,JohnCharles Fremont: Character As Destiny — Mike Resnick,ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology]   Image source: Life and Work of James G.Blaine (1893)

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