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Frémont, John C. Illustration of Pyramid Lake, northwestern Nevada, U.S., from the report on John C. Frémont's 1843–44 Western expedition. John C. Frémont Map of the United States showing the results of the 1856 presidential election by state, with states colored blue for James Buchanan (Democratic), red for John Fremont (Republican), and green for Millard Fillmore (American). Electoral vote counts are labeled in each state, and a legend at the bottom indicates the color key for each candidate. An American flag is faintly visible in the background. View of Pikes Peak from forty miles distant; from Fremonts report of his expedition.The government responded to interest in the Far West by sending John C. Fremont, a young Army engineer, on a series of expeditions to survey and map the trails to Oregon and California. Fremont spent 1842 in the Wind River Mountains and in 1843–44 led an expedition that marched from St. Louis to Oregon, then south into Nevada and across the Sierra into California, returning East by way of Nevada and Utah.
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John C. Frémont

American explorer, military officer, and politician
Also known as: John Charles Frémont
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John C. Frémont (born January 21, 1813, Savannah, Georgia, U.S.—died July 13, 1890, New York, New York) was an American military officer and an early explorer and mapmaker of the American West, who was one of the principal figures in opening up that region to settlement and was instrumental in the U.S. conquest and development of California. He was also a politician who ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. presidency in 1856 as the first candidate...

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