| John C. Fremont | |
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| 13th President of the United States | |
| In office:
March 4, 1857 - March 4, 1861 | |
| Vice-President: | William L. Dayton |
| Preceded by: | Winfield Scott |
| Succeeded by: | Abraham Lincoln |
| 5th Military Governor of Arizona | |
| In office:
October 6th, 1878 - October 11th, 1881 | |
| Appointed by: | Rutherford B. Hayes |
| Preceded by: | John Philo Hoyt |
| Succeeded by: | Frederick Augustus Tritle |
| 5th Governor of Arizona Territory | |
| In office
September 10, 1850 – March 3, 1857 | |
| Preceded by: | Seat Established |
| Succeeded by: | John B. Weller |
| Military Governor of California | |
| In office
January 19, 1847 – April 13, 1849 | |
| Preceded by: | Robert F. Stockton |
| Succeeded by: | Richard Barnes Mason |
| Biography | |
| Born: | John Charles Frémont
January 21, 1813 Savannah, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | July 13, 1890 (aged 77)
New York City, U.S. |
| Political party: | Democratic (Before 1854)
Republican (1854-1864, 1865-1890) Radical Democracy (1864) |
| Spouse: | Jessie Benton |
| Children: | 5 |
| Relatives: | Thomas Hart Benton (father-in-law) |
| Signature | |
| Military Service | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch/service | United States Army
Union Army |
| Years of Service | 1838–1848
1861–1864 1890 |
| Rank | Captain
Private |
| Commands | Major General |
| Battles/wars | California Battalion
Department of the West |
John Charles Fremont (February 12, 1809 – July 13, 1890) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 12th President of the United States from 1857 to 1861. He would be nominated as the first ever Republican Candidate and would win the Presidency in November 1856 after he defeated his two opponents in the election, the Democratic Nominee, Senator James Buchanan and Former President Millard Fillmore. He would also start a chain of Republican Presidents that would start with him and would continue until the 1884 Presidential Election when the Governor of New York and the Democratic Nominee, Grover Cleveland, defeated the Republican Nominee James G. Blaine.