Stockton-Kearny Quarrel

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STOCKTON-KEARNY QUARREL

STOCKTON-KEARNY QUARREL. On 23 July 1846, Commo. Robert F. Stockton relieved Commo. John D. Sloat as commander of the U.S. naval force fighting the Mexicans on the Pacific coast. Stockton aggressively extended Sloat's conquest to the south, which precipitated revolt among the Californians. When Gen. Stephen W. Kearny, under orders to take possession of California and to set up a temporary civil government, arrived at San Diego in December, he found Stockton unwilling to relinquish his command. Strained relations existed until the middle of January 1847, when Stockton passed the governorship over to John C. Frémont, whom Kearny in turn succeeded early in March.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Gutiérrez, Ramón, and Richard J. Orsi, eds. Contested Eden: California before the Gold Rush. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998.

Harlow, Neal. California Conquered: War and Peace on the Pacific, 1846–1850. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1982.

Robert J.Parker/a. e.

See alsoBear Flag Revolt ; Kearny's March to California ; Mexican-American War .

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