USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -He was a U.S. Senator from California and was the first Republican nominee for president of the United States in 1856 and founder of the California Republican Party when he was nominated.

Detailed explanation-2: -Frémont’s three successful Western expeditions in the 1840s, including his famous winter crossing of the Sierra Nevada to California, catapulted him to national fame, further opened the west for settlement, and aided in California’s independence from Mexico.

Detailed explanation-3: -In July 1890, Frémont became very ill and died at the age of seventy-seven on July 13, 1890.

Detailed explanation-4: -Four U.S. states named counties in his honor: Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, and Wyoming. Several states also named cities after him, such as California, Michigan, Nebraska, and New Hampshire. Likewise, Fremont Peak in the Wind River Mountains and Fremont Peak in Monterey County, California are also named for the explorer.

Detailed explanation-5: -Frémont later served as a major general in the American Civil War, including a controversial term as commander of the Army’s Department of the West from May to November 1861. Early in June 1862 Frémont pursued the Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson for eight days, finally engaging him at Battle of Cross Keys on June 8.