famous and also with a short political record to bind their party together, they nominated john charles fremonthe was the first nominee ever to run for president on the republican party ticket, an anti-slavery candidate. and when john was nominated for president, jessie became part of the campaign in ways that no woman ever had. her campaign had this -- and it was like their campaign. and thousands flocked to the house for a glimpse of john on the balcony and refused to leave until they saw jessie, too. madam fremont, they cried, jessie, jessie, give us jessie. >> a newspaper said she could have been elected queen. jessie benton fremont achieved celebrities much like her husband's with fame out of proportion to her accomplishments, unless we count her husband's fame among those accomplishments. this is to me a very modern story because it is a story about rugged wilderness challenges, but also a story with fame, what you make of the work that you do. about reputation, it was a time when the news media were expanding when democracy was flourishing, when great issues were being debated and the fr

thousands of republicans blocked the fremont house for a glimpse of john on the balcony and then refusedto leave until they saw jessie, to hear madame fremont, they cried. jessie, jessie, give us jessie. a a newspaper said she could've been elected queen. jessie benton fremont achieved celebrity much like her husband's with same out of proportion to accomplishments. unless we count her husband's fame among those accomplishments. this is to me a very modern story, because it is a story about rugged wilderness challenges but also a story about fame, about what you make of the work that you do, about reputation. it was a time when the news media were expanding when democracy was flourishing, , whn great issues were being debated and the fremonts put themselves the center of it all. the first thing that had to happen for them though was the actual exploration, the mapmaking of the west. john c. fremont had a reputatio reputation, build the reputation as an utterly fearless adventurer who surmounted one difficulty after another. although he was also in reality a rather erratic leader, he woul

presidential candidate seeking someone heroic and then to bind the party together to nominate john charles fremont the first nominee ever to run for president on the republican party ticket. when john was nominated for president, jesse became part of the campaign it had songs of praise for jesse . . . . steve: this is three very modern story. it is a story about rugged wilderness challenges but also a story about fame and what you make of the word or work that you do in about reputation and it was a time in the news media were expanding expanding when democracy was working and when great issues were being debated in the free months for themselves at the center of it all. in the first thing that had to happen for them though, was the actual exploration of mapmaking of the west. john seen fremont had a reputation in both reputation utterly fearless adventurer who surmounted one difficulty after another and although he was also in reality, rather erratic leadr and he would hire groups of civilians, maybe a couple of dozen and sometimes more. this was in st. louis and they would head out into the wild

fremont's put themselves in the center of it all. so the first thing that had to happen for them was the actual exploration the mapmaking of the west. johnc fremont had a reputation as a fearless adventure that surmounted one difficulty after another. although in reality and erratic leader. a couple dozen may be more in st. louis to head out into the wilderness and in 1842 the first expedition went up the oregon trail that is now wyoming and the count one - - continental divide and at that point his mission was effectively done to go back home to do mapmaking along the way. but reaching the continental divide turned out to be anti- climatic a little boring trying to figure out the continental divide and to climb the tallest mountain. and to go of the highest non- that he could see and decided the mules they were taking it was just right there so they left behind with the mules for most of the other supplies and even their coats. it was summer and it didn't take long to understand they had misread the ground ahead of them. and those that they needed to navigate and reaching altitudes and one of the men went off the slope with that precipi

heroic and famous and also the short political record to bind the party together they nominated john charles fremont the first nominee to run on the ticket. and when john was nominated for president, jesse became part of the campaign in ways no woman had. her husband's campaign literature featured songs of praise. it seemed like they were running for president. the women attend campaign rallies even though they couldn't vote. thousands of republicans flocked for a glimpse and refused to leave until they saw jesse, too. the newspaper said she could have been elected queen. jessie fremont achieved a celebrity much like her husband would seem out of proportion to the accomplishments. unless we count her husband's fame among those accomplishments. this to me is a very modern story. because it is a story about wilderness challenges but also about the same and what you make of the work you do and reputation. it's when the news media were expanding into democracy is flourishing and issues were being debated and they put themselves at the center of it all. the first thing that has to happen is the actual ex

npr's steve appeared at the commonwealth club in california to discuss political power couple john and jessie fremontelped promote extinction of the united states. here's some of his talk. >> john charles fremont was an explorer, a man who in the 1840s and 50s in the series of expeditions started in st. louis missouri which was then the westernmost city and went out of the u.s. army officer, hired skilled historians to go with and went out west again and again and ultimately ended up by chance in california and was intrigued as people are when they come to california and then returned a couple of years later to this mexican controlled territory with a perky and 60 gunmen and began the process of taking over california from mexico and making it part of the united states. as an exporter, he'd explorer, r that much that was new. he was traveling across the land that had been traversed by the native nations for centuries that have been explored by spaniards and for trappers. he didn't find all that much that was actually knew, that he codified and made it accessible and more importantly, he was coming ba

it's also the author of this great book on jessie and john fremont.how many people are here from fremont? we have a couple, great. i can v

john: john c. fremont, the pathfinder, goes out to california, gets involved in a big dispute between commodore stockton of the navy and general kearney. he chooses the wrong way. his father-in-law is thomas hart benton back in washington, the powerful friend of polk. brian: the senator, not the artist. john: and fremont things, i'm going to get onto this thing on stockton's side, old bullion will take care of me back home, my father-in-law, but it doesn't happen. fremont is court-martialed and polk is charged with mutiny and disobedience. polk dismisses the mutiny charge, but upholds the second. brian: by the way, the story about thomas hart benton and the shooting of andrew jackson. how did that happen? john: that goes way back to the time jackson was in -- in tennessee, and thomas hart benton and his brother jesse were in tennessee at that time. it was before the bentons went to missouri, and jesse benton -- there was a duel, and jesse benton really offended jackson by sort of serving as a second in tha

obviously know him and he's a cohost on npr and also the author of the great books of jessie and john fremont how many people here are from fremont? we have a

the south votes for james buchanan and he defeats john fremont. freemen, free soil, free land, it was a good slogan. but he lost. in 1860, the south votes for john breckenridge. he does not win. abraham lincoln wins. abraham lincoln, to an extent, is not the southern choice. [laughter] in 10 of the 11 states that are going to secede, lincoln gets zero popular votes. not a single person votes for abraham lincoln. why is that? because he is not on the ballot. nobody is willing to suffer the threat of violence in the social opprobrium that would come from putting him on the ballot. in the 11th, virginia, he gets 1. 1% of the popular vote. the south does not like abraham lincoln. the south seas the national government falling into the hands of antislavery forces. they fear the national government is going to end slavery. which the republicans were trying to do. they wanted to do it. they did not think it could do it directly but they had a strategy. seeing that coming the south secedes. the civil war comes about in part because of a political failure.

he becomes president, defeating the anti-slavery john fremont. built he lost. abraham lincoln to an extent that is impossible to overstate is not the southern choice. so in ten of the 11 states that are going to succeed, lincoln gets zero popular votes. not a single person votes for abraham lincoln. no one is willing to suffer the threat of violence that will come from trying to put lincoln on the ballot in those states. in the 11th virginia he is. and gets 1.1% of the popular vote. they see the national government falling into the hands of anti-government forces. the they fear the national government is going to end slif slavery which the republicans were in fact trying to do. they wanted to do it. they didn't think they could do it directly. but they had a strategy. they were trying to end slavery. and seeing that coming, the south succeeds. you can also see it as a consequence of a moral failure, as a consequence of the acceptance of slavery. of that deal with the devil. and abraham lincoln understood it that way. he said the civil war is a judgement upon us

one of these though was made by the union itself, one of his generals and political rival, john c fremont fremont had been a first nominee for the presidents, for the republicans in 1856. no one expected him to win. he was just famous like campaigning. fremont is the first republican nominee, then when the republicans take power, he is very well politically connected and he is appointed to command a military district in the west. out there he decides to issue a proclamation on his own without consulting lincoln, freeing slaves of confederates. keep in mind the timing of this. this is in 1861. lincoln has worried about the border states, kentucky and missouri, that have slaves but have not left the union but keeping them in the union. he does not want to move too fast on slavery. at this point it is not even -- it is not even in the wording. it is not part of the war yet officially. lincoln asks him to rescind his proclamation. fremont says no. lincoln asks him again. fremont says no. finally lincoln removes fremont from command and revokes the proclamation. we talked about that balancing

one of these was by his general, john c. fremont. fremont had been the first nominee for the republicans in 1856. no one expected him to win. he was just famous by campaigning. so fremont is the first republican nominee. then when the republicans take power, he's very well politically connected, and he's appointed to command the military district out in the west. out there he decides to issue a proclamation on his own without consulting with lincoln. freeing slaves of confederates. now keep in mind the timing of this. this is in 1861. lincoln is worried about the border states. kentucky and missouri that have slaves but had not threleft the union, but keeping them in the union. he doesn't want to move too fast on slavery. at this point slavery is not -- ending slavery is not a union war game. it's not part of the war yet. at least officially. lincoln asks fremont to rescind his proclamation. fremont says no. lincoln asks him again. fremont says no. so finally lincoln removes fremont from command and revokes the proclamation. now we t

>>thanks a lot john 9.47 right fremont police tweeted out this picture of a 1000 medical mass sanitizing wipes and gloves that they recover they were stolen from unitech college and this is the ma pole arrested 35 year-old brian schellman charged with felony burglary. eastvale serena policerecover stolen laptops and projectors that were set aside for rst graders who need to learn at home in this pandemic they were stol from wilson elementary school look at a mall and year-old zachary era fan was arrested, he i accused of taking them. a lice were led to him by they say all of the computers after the alarm went off. ike has created widespread stress and anxiety for a lot of us conference pam moore spoke of california surgeon general about handing stress in the midst of this crisis. >>one of the things that it's important for folks to remember isthat it isn't st all in our heads that when we're feing stressed, it's actually because our bodies are making stress hormnes and those stress hormones ve an impact on the way our brains work on the way that are you know how how strong your heart of