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Which American explorer and naturalist, known as the 'Pathfinder', led five expeditions into the American West and was the first Republican presidential candidate?

Answer: John C. Fremont — Fremont mapped the Oregon Trail and the Sierra Nevada, played a key role in California's acquisition, and ran as the first Republican presidential nominee in 1856.

Fremont mapped the Oregon Trail and the Sierra Nevada, played a key role in California's acquisition, and ran as the first Republican presidential nominee in 1856.

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