Harper's encyclopædia of United States history from 458 1906, based upon the plan of Benson John Lossing .. . River. In 1845 he ex-plored the Sierra Nevada in California,and in 1846 became involved in hostilitieswith the Mexicans on the Pacific assisted in the conquest of California;was appointed its military governor; and,after its admission as a State, becameone of its first United States continued his explorations after thewar. For his scientific researches, Fre-mont received, in 1850, a gold medal fromthe King of Prussia, and another from theRoyal Geographical So
Harper's encyclopædia of United States history from 458 1906, based upon the plan of Benson John Lossing .. . River. In 1845 he ex-plored the Sierra Nevada in California,and in 1846 became involved in hostilitieswith the Mexicans on the Pacific assisted in the conquest of California;was appointed its military governor; and,after its admission as a State, becameone of its first United States continued his explorations after thewar. For his scientific researches, Fre-mont received, in 1850, a gold medal fromthe King of Prussia, and another from theRoyal Geographical Society of had already receivod from his country-men the significant title of The Path-finder. At his own expense he made afifth exploration, in 1853, and found anew route to the Pacific. In 1856, thenewly formed Republican party nomi-nated him for the Presidency of the UnitedStates, and he received 114 electoral votes against 174 given for Buchanan. Return-ing from Europe in May, 1861, and be-ing appointed a major-general in theUnited States army, he was assigned tocommand the Western Department; but,. JOHN CHARLES FREUONT. 457 through the intrigues of ambitious poli-ticians, was removed from the com-mand in the course of six months, whilesuccessfully prosecuting a campaign hehad planned. He was in command of an-other department, but resigned in 1862,declining to serve under an officer in-ferior to him in rank. Radical Repub-licans nominated him for the Presidencyin 1864, after which he took leave ofpolitical life; but he became active inpromoting the construction of a trans-continental railway. He died in NewYork, July 13, 1890. In the spring of 1845 Captain Fremontwas sent by his government to explorethe great basin and the maritime regionof Oregon and California. He crossed the FREMOITT, JOHN CHABLES Sierra Nevada, in the dead of winter, fromGreat Salt Lake into California, witlibetween sixty and seventy men, to obtainsupplies. Leaving them in the valley ofthe San
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