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John C. Frémont

1813 - 1890

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Major-General John Charles Frémont (January 21, 1813 – July 13, 1890) was a United States Army officer, explorer, and politician. He was a United States senator from California and was the first Republican nominee for president of the U.S. in 1856 and founder of the California Republican Party when he was nominated. He lost the election to Democrat James Buchanan when the vote was split by the Know Nothings. A native of Georgia, he attended the College of Charleston for two years until he was expelled after irregular attendance. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John C. Frémont is the 317th most popular explorer (up from 333rd in 2019), the 5,010th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,004th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular American Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, John C. Frémont ranks 317 out of 498. Before him are Wilfred Thesiger, Masabumi Hosono, Nikolai Spathari, Isidore of Charax, Louis Jolliet, and Snorri Thorfinnsson. After him are Peter Freuchen, Eduard von Toll, Juan de Fuca, Helmer Hanssen, Henricus Martellus Germanus, and João Fernandes Lavrador.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1813, John C. Frémont ranks 48. Before him are Carl Jaenisch, József Eötvös, Alexander Parkes, Karl, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Countess Franziska Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau, and Antonio García Gutiérrez. After him are Theodor Kotschy, Edmond de Sélys Longchamps, Nikolay Ogarev, Frederick Scott Archer, Isidore Pils, and Charles Blanc. Among people deceased in 1890, John C. Frémont ranks 42. Before him are Johann Voldemar Jannsen, Franz Lachner, Alexander Mozhaysky, Octave Feuillet, Alexander Parkes, and Jacques-Louis Soret. After him are Władysław Taczanowski, Karl Friedrich Otto Westphal, Marianne North, Pyotr Chikhachyov, Johann Georg Halske, and James Nasmyth.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John C. Frémont ranks 5,010 out of 20,380. Before him are Stephen Krashen (1941), Jeff Hanneman (1964), Wyomia Tyus (1945), Cary Joji Fukunaga (1977), Bob Balaban (1945), and Ted Williams (1918). After him are Barry Newman (1938), Eric Dolphy (1928), Robert Barron (1959), Marc Mitscher (1887), Jerry Garcia (1942), and Morris Kirksey (1895).

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Among EXPLORERS In United States

Among explorers born in United States, John C. Frémont ranks 22. Before him are Louise Arner Boyd (1887), Ada Blackjack (1898), Jedediah Smith (1799), Charles Wilkes (1798), Jim Bridger (1804), and Roy Chapman Andrews (1884). After him are Meriwether Lewis (1774), Elisha Kent Kane (1820), Edward S. Curtis (1868), John Wesley Powell (1834), Nathaniel Palmer (1799), and George Kennan (1845).

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