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- Upcountry South Carolina
Presidential Candidate
John Charles Fremont
John Charles Fremont
Born: January 21, 1813
Birthplace: Savannah, Georgia
Father: Louis Rene Fremon 1768 – 1818
Mother: Anne Beverley Whiting 1781 – 1847
Wife: Jessie Ann Benton 1824 – 1902
(Buried: Angelus Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, California)
Married: 1841
Children:
Elizabeth Benton “Lily” Fremont 1842 – 1919
(Buried: Angelus Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, California)
Benton Fremont 1848 – 1849
Rear Admiral John Charles Fremont Jr. 1851 – 1911
(Buried: Rockland Cemetery, Sparkill, New York)
Anne Beverley Fremont 1853 – 1853
Francis Preston Fremont 1862 – 1931
Education:
1828 – 1830: Attended Charleston College
Occupation before War:
1833 – 1835: Math Instructor for United States Navy
1838–1839: Civil Engineer Assistant Exploring Missouri River Territory
1838 – 1846: 2nd Lt. United States Army Topographic Engineers
1842 – 1845: Leader of three explorations including the Oregon Trail
1846 – 1848: Lt. Colonel United States Army, mounted rifles
1847: Military Governor of California Territory
1847: Arrested by Brig. General Stephen W. Kearny
1847 – 1848: Court Martialed charged with Mutiny found innocent
1848: Charged with disobedience toward a superior officer
1848: Resigned from United States Army
1848 – 1849: Leader of Fourth Expedition
1850: Recipient of Patron’s medal by Royal Geographical Society
1850 – 1851: United States Senator from California
1853 – 1854: Leader of fifth Expedition
1856: Unsuccessful Republican Party Presidential Candidate
Toured Europe seeking financial supporters of Las Mariposas
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1864: Major General of Union Army Volunteers
1861: Commander Union Army Department of the West
Involved in political feud with the Blair Family
1861: His troops recaptured Springfield, Missouri
1862: Commander of Union Army Mountain Department
1862: Commander during Jackson’s Valley Campaign
1862: Union Army Commander at Battle of Cross Keys, Virginia
1862: Refused to serve under Major General John Pope
1862 – 1864: Stationed in New York, New York, awaiting orders
1864: Resigned as Major General in the union army in June
1864: Nominated by Radical Democratic Party for President
1864: Withdrew from Presidential election on September 22nd
1864: Purchased Rancho Pocaho in Sleepy Hollow Valley, N.Y.
Occupation after War:
1866 – 1867: Organizer of Southwest Pacific Railroad in Missouri
1878 – 1881: Governor of Arizona Territory
1881 – 1890: Lived retired on Staten Island, New York
1890: Reappointed as Major General, U.S. Army, retired list
Died: July 13, 1890
Place of Death: New York City, New York
Cause of Death: Peritonitis
Age at time of Death: 77 years old
Burial Place: Rockland Cemetery, Sparkill, New York
Vice Presidential Candidate
John Cochrane
John Cochrane
Born: August 27, 1818
Birthplace: Palatine, Montgomery County, New York
Father: Walter Livingston Cochran 1771 – 1857
(Buried: Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, New York)
Mother: Cornelia Wyntje Smith 1792 – 1825
(Buried: Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, New York)
Education:
1831: Graduated from Hamilton College
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Palatine, Oswego and Schenectady, New York
Attorney in New York City, New York
1853 – 1857: Surveyor of the port of New York
1857 – 1861: U.S. Congressman from New York
1857 – 1859: Congressional Chairman of Commerce Committee
1860: Delegate to Democratic Party National Convention
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 65th New York Infantry Regiment
1862: Participated in the Peninsula Campaign in Virginia
1862 – 1863: Brigadier General Union Army, Volunteers
1862: Brigade Commander at Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia
1863: Resigned from Union Army due to physical disability
1863 – 1865: New York State Attorney General
1864: Chairman of Independent Republican National Convention
1864: Nominated for Vice President by withdrew
Occupation after War:
1868: Delegate to Republican Party National Convention
1869: Collector of internal revenue Sixth District of New York
1869: Declined appointment as U.S. Minister to Uruguay & Paraguay
1872: Delegate to Liberal Republican Party National Convention
1872: Helped secure nomination for Horace Greeley
1872: President and Alderman for New York City, New York
1883: Alderman for New York City, New York
1889: Police Justice of New York
Died: February 7, 1898
Place of Death: New York City, New York
Age at time of Death: 84 years old
Burial Place: Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, New York
Radical Party Platform
Continuation of the war without compromise, a Constitutional amendment banning slavery and authorizing equal rights, confiscation of rebel property, control of post-war reconstruction by Congress and enforcement of the Monroe Doctrine. The platform also called for a one-term Presidency as well as other implicit calls for civil service reform. To appeal to Democrats, the platform adopted emphasized the protection of the rights of free speech, a free press and the writ of habeas corpus as the Democrats had criticized Lincoln on these issues.
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