1864 Radical Party Candidates and Platform

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Presidential Candidate
John Charles Fremont

Born: January 21, 1813
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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

Born: August 27, 1818
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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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