(Encyclopedia) Frémont, John Charles, 1813–90, American explorer, soldier, and political leader, b. Savannah, Ga. He taught mathematics to U.S. naval cadets, then became an assistant on a surveying…
Senate Years of Service: 1850-1851
Party: Democrat
Democrat
FRÉMONT, John Charles, (son-in-law of Thomas Hart Benton), a Senator from California; born in Savannah, Ga., January 21…
(Encyclopedia) Frémont, Jessie BentonFrémont, Jessie Bentonfrēˈmŏnt [key], 1824–1902, American author, b. Lexington, Va.; daughter of Thomas H. Benton and wife of John Charles Frémont. Her elopement…
Senate Years of Service: 1921-1925Party: RepublicanLADD, Edwin Fremont, a Senator from North Dakota; born in Starks, Somerset County, Maine, December 13, 1859; attended the public schools and…
(Encyclopedia) Ladd, Edwin Fremont, 1859–1925, American chemist and political leader, b. Somerset co., Maine. From 1890 to 1916 he was dean of the school of chemistry and pharmacy at the North Dakota…
PHILLIPS, Fremont Orestes, a Representative from Ohio; born in Lafayette, Medina County, Ohio, March 16, 1856; attended the public schools; moved to Medina, Ohio, in 1873; attended Medina High…
COCHRAN, Charles Fremont, a Representative from Missouri; born in Kirksville, Adair County, Mo., September 27, 1846; moved to Atchison, Kans., in 1860; attended public and private schools;…
(Encyclopedia) Pope, John, 1822–92, Union general in the American Civil War, b. Louisville, Ky. He fought with distinction at Monterrey and Buena Vista in the Mexican War and later served with the…
(Encyclopedia) Spaulding, C. C. (Charles Clinton Spaulding), 1874–1952, African-American insurance executive, b. Columbus co., N.C. In 1900, Spaulding, who had previously worked as a grocery-store…
