During the war with Mexico he recruited a company and was its captain. participating in all of the fighting. including the Battle of Chapultepec. In 1849 he went to California. in 1851 he was elected to the California State Senate without his knowledge or consent. and in 1853 he was appointed secretary of state. During his term as secretary of state General Denver was sent with a supply train to the relief of overland emigrants. The decision of a political adversary of the Governor of California included a charge that the enterprise was only for the purpose of making political capital. Upon his return General Denver resented the imputation of his governor with such vigorous statements that a challenge for a duel resulted.
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