JOHN FREMONT, EMBOSSED 1856 COVER, 1st REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CAND. + ENGRAVING

Description: RARE... GENUINE 1856 CAMPAIGN ENVELOPE. + one other Item, 1860's Engraving. FREMONT WAS THE FIRST REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.Nicknamed 'The Pathfinder' because of his Western exploits. Light manila color.Embossing is raised, not indented, as it appearsin the last part of the Scan.Illustrated. Shows up 'in-person', not so well in scans. Blank on reverse. no markings or design. text at top--"FREMONT, First of FREEDOM'S HOST,Now Plant Our Flag And On To VICTORY Leads;And E'en To Far PACIFIC's Coast,The IRON HORSE O'er Plain And Mountain Speeds." Illustrates some of his accomplishments exploringthe West, planting the flag on top of the Rockiesin 1842, the railroad, etc. train at lower right. Western Pathfinder theme. John C. FrémontFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to navigationJump to searchJohn C. FrémontFrémont c. 18565th Governor of Arizona TerritoryIn office October 6, 1878 – October 11, 1881Appointed byRutherford B. HayesPreceded byJohn HoytSucceeded byFrederick TritleUnited States Senator from CaliforniaIn office September 10, 1850 – March 3, 1851Preceded byHimself (Shadow Senator)Succeeded byJohn B. WellerUnited States Shadow Senator from CaliforniaIn office December 20, 1849 – September 10, 1850Preceded bySeat establishedSucceeded byHimself (U.S. Senator)Military Governor of CaliforniaIn office January 19, 1847 – February 13, 1847Preceded byRobert F. StocktonSucceeded byStephen W. KearnyPersonal detailsBornJohn Charles Frémont January 21, 1813 Savannah, Georgia, U.S.DiedJuly 13, 1890 (aged 77) New York City, U.S.Political partyDemocratic (before 1854) Republican (1854–1890)Other political affiliationsRadical Democracy (1864)Spouse(s)Jessie BentonChildren5RelativesThomas Hart Benton (father-in-law)EducationCollege of CharlestonSignatureMilitary serviceAllegianceUnited StatesBranch/service United States Army Union ArmyYears of service1838–1848 1861–1864 1890Rank Major GeneralCommandsCalifornia Battalion Department of the WestJohn Charles Frémont or Fremont (January 21, 1813 – July 13, 1890) was an explorer of the Western United States, military officer, and politician. He was a U.S. Senator from California, and in 1856 was the first Republican nominee for President of the United States and founder of the California Republican Party when he was nominated.A native of Georgia, he was an opponent of slavery. In the 1840s, Frémont led five expeditions into the Western United States. While on the third expedition, he and his men committed a number of massacres against Native Americans in California. During the Mexican–American War, Frémont, a major in the U.S. Army, took control of California from the California Republic in 1846. Frémont was convicted in court-martial for mutiny and insubordination after a conflict over who was the rightful military governor of California. After his sentence was commuted and he was reinstated by President Polk, Frémont resigned from the Army. Afterwards, Frémont settled in California at Monterey while buying cheap land in the Sierra foothills. When gold was found on his Mariposa ranch, Frémont became a wealthy man during the California Gold Rush. Frémont became one of the first two U.S. senators elected from the new state of California in 1850. Frémont was the first presidential candidate of the new Republican Party, carrying most of the North. He lost the 1856 presidential election to Democrat James Buchanan when Know Nothings split the vote.At the beginning of the American Civil War in 1861, he was given command of Department of the West by President Abraham Lincoln. Although Frémont had successes during his brief tenure there, he ran his department autocratically, and made hasty decisions without consulting President Lincoln or Army headquarters. He issued an unauthorized emancipation edict and was relieved of his command for insubordination by Lincoln. After a brief service tenure in the Mountain Department in 1862, Frémont resided in New York, retiring from the Army in 1864. Frémont was nominated for president in 1864 by the Radical Democracy Party, a breakaway faction of abolitionist Republicans, but he withdrew before the election. After the Civil War, Frémont lost much of his wealth in the unsuccessful Pacific Railroad in 1866, and lost more in the Panic of 1873. Frémont served as Governor of Arizona from 1878 to 1881. After his resignation as governor, Frémont retired from politics and died destitute in New York City in 1890.Historians portray Frémont as controversial, impetuous, and contradictory. Some scholars regard him as a military hero of significant accomplishment, while others view him as a failure who repeatedly defeated his own best purposes. The keys to Frémont's character and personality, several historians argue, lie in his having been born illegitimate, and in his ambitious drive for success, self-justification and passive–aggressive behavior.[1][2] His direct involvement in the California genocide of Native Americans has also diminished his historical reputation.[citation needed] A biographer, Allan Nevins, wrote that Frémont lived a dramatic life, of remarkable successes and dismal failures.

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