Question: William McKendree Gwin (October 9, 1805 – September 3, 1885) was an American medical doctor and politician, serving in elected office in Mississippi and California, in California he shared the distinction, along with which American explorer, politician, and soldier who, in 1856, became the first candidate of the anti-slavery Republican Party for the office of President of the United States?

<P0-S0> William McKendree Gwin (October 9, 1805 – September 3, 1885) was an American medical doctor and politician, serving in elected office in Mississippi and California. <P0-S1>  In California he shared the distinction, along with John C. Frémont, of being the state's first U.S. senators. <P0-S2>  Before, during, and after the Civil War, Gwin was well known in California, Washington, DC, and in the south as a determined southern sympathizer. <SEP> <P1-S0> William W. Morrow (July 15, 1843 – July 24, 1929) was a US Representative from California from 1885–1891. <P1-S1>  Born near Milton, Wayne County, Indiana, he moved with his parents to Adams County, Illinois in 1845, attended the common schools and received private instruction. <P1-S2>  He moved to Santa Rosa, California, in 1859, taught school and explored mining regions. <P1-S3>  Morrow went East in 1862 to join the Union Army and served in the National Rifles of the District of Columbia. <P1-S4>  While in the Army of the Potomac he was appointed a special agent of the United States Treasury Department in January, 1865, and was detailed to California. <P1-S5>  He remained there and was employed during the next four years in confidential positions under the Secretary of the Treasury. <P1-S6>  Morrow studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1869 and commenced practice in San Francisco. <P1-S7>  He was assistant United States Attorney for California from 1870–1874, assisted in organizing the San Francisco Bar Association in 1872 and served as its president in 1892 and 1893. <P1-S8>  Morrow served as chairman of the Republican State central committee of California 1879–1882, attorney for the State board of harbor commissioners from 1880–1883, and also special United States attorney before the French and American Claims Commission 1881–1883, and before the Alabama Claims Commission 1882–1885. <P1-S9>  He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1884, elected as a Republican to the Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, and Fifty-first Congresses (March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891). <P1-S10>  Morrow was not a candidate for renomination in 1890. <SEP> <P2-S0> John Charles Frémont or Fremont (January 21, 1813July 13, 1890) was an American explorer, politician, and soldier who, in 1856, became the first candidate of the anti-slavery Republican Party for the office of President of the United States. <P2-S1>  During the 1840s, when he led four expeditions into the American West, that era's penny press and admiring historians accorded Frémont the sobriquet "The Pathfinder". <SEP> <P3-S0> James Matthes Talent (born October 18, 1956) is an American politician and former U.S. Senator from Missouri. <P3-S1>  He is a Republican and resided in the St. Louis area while serving in elected office. <P3-S2>  He identifies with the conservative wing of the Republican party, being outspoken on judicial appointments, abortion, flag burning, and defense issues.