John C. Frémont, American general and politician, 5th Territorial Governor of Arizona (born 1813)

John C. Frémont

United States Army officer, explorer, and politician (1813–1890)

Major-General John Charles Frémont was a United States Army officer, explorer, and politician. He was a United States senator from California and was the first Republican nominee for president of the U.S. in 1856 and founder of the California Republican Party when he was…

List of governors of Arizona

The governor of Arizona is the head of government of the U.S. state of Arizona. As the top elected official, the governor is the head of the executive branch of the Arizona state government and is charged with faithfully executing state laws. The governor has the power to either…