General John C. Fremont

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gptkbp:instanceOf Military Leader
gptkbp:advocatesFor Abolition of slavery
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:California_State_Militia
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkbp:awardedBy Honorary_Doctorate_from_University_of_California
gptkbp:birthDate January 21, 1813
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Savannah,_Georgia,_USA
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Rock_Creek_Cemetery
gptkbp:children gptkb:John_Charles_Fremont
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:California_Battalion
gptkbp:contributedTo gptkb:Transcontinental_Railroad
gptkbp:contribution Mapping_the_Oregon_Trail
gptkbp:deathDate December 13, 1890
gptkbp:education gptkb:United_States_Military_Academy
gptkbp:famousFor Leading_expeditions_in_the_West
gptkbp:hasRole gptkb:Civil_War
gptkbp:historicalSignificance First Republican presidential candidate
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label General John C. Fremont
gptkbp:influenced American_expansionism
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:California_Gold_Rush
gptkbp:isInvolvedIn gptkb:California_State_Senate
gptkb:Indian_Wars
gptkbp:isKnownFor Military_leadership_in_the_West
gptkbp:isRecognizedBy gptkb:Congress
gptkbp:knownFor Fremont
Exploration_of_the_American_West
gptkbp:led_to gptkb:Fremont_Expedition
gptkbp:militaryRank Major General
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:Union_Army
gptkbp:nickname The Pathfinder
gptkbp:notableWork Memoirs of My Life
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:politicalPosition Presidential Candidate
gptkbp:recognizedBy Topographical maps
gptkbp:role Governor_of_California
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Mexican-American_War
Senator_from_California
gptkbp:serviceYears 1838–1890
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Jessie_Benton_Fremont
gptkbp:supported Homestead Act
gptkbp:wasA Author
Explorer
Surveyor
Public official
Cartographer
Political figure
Civil rights advocate
gptkbp:wasPartOf gptkb:California_Republic
gptkbp:wrote Reports_on_the_Exploration_of_the_Rocky_Mountains