[DOC] [TLE] John C. Frmont - Wikipedia [PAR] John Charles Frmont or Fremont (January 21, 1813  July 13, 1890) was an 
American military officer, explorer, and politician who became ... He lost the 1856 
presidential election to Democrat James Buchanan when ..... Instead, Frmont 
was promoted to Union Army Major General on May 15, 1861 and then made... [DOC] [TLE] John C. Fremont | American explorer, military officer, and politician ... [PAR] American military officer and an early explorer and mapmaker of the American ... 
He was also a politician who ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. presidency in 1856 
as the first .... Frmont was appointed a major general of Union troops in Missouri 
after the ... After losing command of his army to a rival, John Pope, Frmont again
... [DOC] [TLE] The Man Who Came in Second | Humanities [PAR] In 1860, John C. Breckinridge ran for president against Lincoln, and broke the ... 
How John Breckinridge and the Democratic Party lost the 1860 presidential 
election .... City in mid-December, the American force had become an army of 
occupation. ... Major General Gideon J. Pillow, a Democrat and Polk's former law 
partner,... [DOC] [TLE] How Abraham Lincoln Fired General John C. Fremont | Owlcation [PAR] May 11, 2016 ... The president knew that Fremont would do everything he could, short of outright 
... Explorer John C. Fremont in 1852 | Source ... him in position to become the first 
Republican candidate for President in 1856. ... When the Civil War broke out, 
President Lincoln appointed the Pathfinder a Major General and... [DOC] [TLE] General John C. Fremont - HarpWeek: Cartoon of the Day [PAR] Also, Republicans had lost seats in the 1862 congressional and legislative 
elections. ... party needed a new helmsman if it was to achieve victory in the 1864 
elections. ... In 1856, Frmont became the new Republican Party's first 
presidential nominee. ... of the West, headquartered in St. Louis, at the rank of 
major general. [DOC] [TLE] Frmont, John C. | Civil War on the Western Border: The Missouri ... [PAR] John Charles Frmont became a popular national figure after leading a series of 
... chose Frmont, an outspoken critic of slavery, as their first presidential 
candidate in 1856. ... Although he lost the election, Frmont remained a strong 
critic of slavery. ... of major general, after which he quickly gained command of 
the Army's... [DOC] [TLE] The Road to Emancipation - Civil War Trust [PAR] The Republican candidate in the 1856 Presidential election, the party's first 
presidential ... A southerner by birth, he became a noted explorer of the West. .... 
Lincoln promoted Butler to major general after his success in Maryland and 
reassigned ... The war was officially being fought to save the Union and not to 
end slavery. [DOC] [TLE] John C. Breckinridge - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com [PAR] Breckinridge was elected the 14th vice president of the United States in 1856 ... 
Promoted to major general in 1862, Breckinridge fought at the Battles of ... 
election, Breckinridge was the youngest vice president in American history. ... 
Fearing arrest, he fled to the South in September 1861 after Kentucky sided with 
the Union. [DOC] [TLE] John C. Fremont for President 1856 - SCVHistory.com [PAR] Campaign medal: John C. Fremont for President, 1856. ... "The Union one and 
indivisible, Buchanan, the crisis demands his election;" while still another has ... 
Corps (later renamed the Army Corps of Engineers) as an explorer in about 1838
. ... Frmont was appointed Major General in the (regular) U.S. Army in 1861 and
... [DOC] [TLE] Republican party facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ... [PAR] Union voters strongly supported the Republicans, over the former ... name and 
electing former Confederate generals to represent them in Congress, the tide of 
... The Republican presidential and congressional elections gathered landslide ... 
Only after the public became aware of his excesses did the repressive climate 
end. [DOC] [TLE] James Buchanan - U.S. Presidents - HISTORY.com [PAR] During his tenure, seven Southern states seceded from the Union and the nation 
... In April 1861

Question: After losing the presidential election in 1856, this explorer became a major general in the Union army
Answer: John C. Fremont