John C. Frémont
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In 1841 John C. Frémont married Jessie Benton, daughter of Sen. Thomas Hart Benton from Missouri. Benton, Democratic Party leader for more than 30 years in the Senate, championed the expansionist movement, a political cause that became known as Manifest Destiny. The expansionists believed that the North American continent, from one end to the other, north and south, east and west, should belong to the citizens of the U.S. They believed it was the nation's destiny to control the continent. This movement became a crusade for politicians such as Benton and his new son-in-law. Benton pushed appropriations through Congress for national surveys of the Oregon Trail (1842), the Oregon Territory (1844), the Great Basin, and Sierra Mountains to California (1845). Through his power and influence, Benton obtained for Frémont the position of leading each expedition.
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| The Generals of the American Civil War – Pictures ... The Generals of the American Civil War – Pictures of John Charles Frémont www.generalsandbrevets.com/ngf/fremont.htm - Web |
| Guide to the Frémont Family Papers Guide to the Frémont Family Papers www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt7779n8sm/ - Web |
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| Memoirs of my life : including in the narrative fi... Memoirs of my life : including in the narrative five journeys of western explorations during the years 1842, 1843–4, 1845–6–7, 1848–9, 1853–4 by John c. Fremont www.archive.org/details/memoirsofmylifei00frrich - Web |
| Address of welcome to General John C. Fremont, gov... Address of welcome to General John C. Fremont, governor of Arizona territory, upon the occasion of his reception by his associates of the Association Pioneers of the Territorial Days of California, at their headquarters, Sturtevant House, New York, on ... August 1, 1878 www.archive.org/details/addressofwelcome00gibsrich - Web |
