OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
John Charles Frémont

NICKNAME:
The Pathfinder

BORN:
January 21, 1813
Savannah, Georgia

DIED:
July 13, 1890 (age 77)
New York City, New York 

EDUCATION:
Attended College of Charleston (1828-1830)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democratic (before 1854)
Republican (1854–1890)

HIGHLIGHTS:
1833-1835:
Math Instructor, U.S. Navy
1838-1839;
Civil Engineer Assistant,
Explored the the territory between the Missouri River and the northern boundary of the United States
1838:
Appointed Second Lieutenant of Topographical Engineers, U.S. Army
1838-1848:
U.S. Army
1842:
Began explorations and surveys for an overland routes from the Mississippi  River to the Pacific Ocean
1846:
Major of a battalion of California Volunteers,
Appointed Lieutenant Colonel of U.S. Mountain Rifles 
1847:
Military Governor of California,
Order was revoked and he was places under arrest for mutiny, tried by court martial, found guilty, and pardoned by President James Polk
1850-1851:
U.S. Senator (D-CA)
1856:
Unsuccessful Republican Candidate for President 
May 1861:
Appointed Major General of the Union Army by President Abraham Lincoln,
Placed in command of the western military districts
February 1862:
Appointed to command the mountain department of the Union Army
1864:
Resigned from the Union Army
1878-1881:
Governor of the Arizona Territory 
1890:
Appointed Major General of the U.S. Army on the retired list

RESOURCES: 
Biographical Directory of Congress
Georgia Historical Society
Wikipedia

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