After losing his fortune in a failed railroad venture he served as governor of the Arizona territory from 1878-1881.  
After losing his fortune in a failed railroad venture he served as governor of the Arizona territory from 1878-1881.  At the beginning of the Civil War he commanded the Western Department based in St. Louis but was later transferred to the Shenandoah where he was defeated by Jackson's forces at Cross Keys.  He angered Thomas Hart Benton by marrying Benton's daughter and made his name by helping wrest California from Mexico.  FTP, name this man who, in 1856, became the Republican party's first candidate for president and who was known as "The Pathfinder" for his exploring exploits.
After losing his fortune in a failed railroad venture he served as governor of the Arizona territory from 1878-1881.  
John Charles Fremont