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California voted for the Democratic nominee, former Secretary of State James Buchanan, over the American Party nominee, former Whig President Millard Fillmore, and the Republican nominee, former U.S. Senator and Military Governor of California John C. Frémont. None of the three candidates took to the stump.
Frémont won a majority of electoral votes from free states and finished second in the nationwide popular vote, while Fillmore took 21.5% of the popular vote but only carried Maryland. The Know Nothings soon collapsed as a national party, as most of its anti-slavery members joined the Republican Party after the 1857 Dred Scott v.
The Fremont Cannon, the "largest and most expensive trophy in college football is a replica of a cannon that accompanied Captain John C. Frémont on his expedition through Oregon, Nevada and California in 1843–44".
Since being admitted to the Union in 1850, California has participated in 43 presidential elections. A bellwether from 1888 to 1996, voting for the losing candidates only three times in that span, California has become a reliable state for Democratic presidential candidates since 1992.
The 1849 United States Senate elections in California were held on December 20, 1849, by the California State Legislature to elect two U.S. Senators (Class 1 and Class 3) to represent the State of California in the United States Senate. Democrats John C. Frémont and William M. Gwin were elected over several other challengers. [1]
1847, January 16 – March 28. Captain John C. Frémont (de facto, appointed by Stockton) 1847, March 1. US Army General Stephen Kearny succeeded Stockton, immediately removing Stockton's appointees—including Frémont. Kearny ordered his second-in-command, Colonel Richard Barnes Mason, to relieve Frémont, which happened on March 28. 1847 ...
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John C. Frémont (1813−1890) – a notable 19th century American explorer, military officer, politician, and botanist Frémont was prominent in the history of the American West , in particular, Méxican Alta California and the American state of California .