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John Charles Frémont (January 21, 1813 – July 13, 1890), was the first candidate of the Republican Party for President of the United States, in the election of 1856. He lost to Democrat James Buchanan. He was also the governor of California Territory in 1847. He is best known as the "Man who Mapped the West."[1]
Fremont fought in the Mexican War, served as the California territory's governor in 1847 and its Senate representative from 1850 to 1851, was a major general in the Civil War, and was governor of Arizona from 1878 to 1881.