Who were the people responsible for encouraging of discouraging California statehood?

* John C. Frémont, military leader and senator

* Thomas Larkin, U.S. consul in Monterey

* William T. Sherman, military leader

* Thomas O. Larkin, merchant and diplomat

* Abel Stearns, merchant and politician

* Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, Californio ranchero and politician

* José Castro, Californio military leader and politician

* Juan Bautista Alvarado, Californio governor

Discouraging California statehood:

* Lewis Cass, U.S. senator from Michigan and Secretary of State

* Stephen A. Douglas, U.S. senator from Illinois

* Robert Toombs, U.S. senator from Georgia

* John H. Reagan, U.S. congressman from Texas

* James Mason, U.S. senator from Virginia

* Robert M.T. Hunter, U.S. senator from Virginia

* Jefferson Davis, U.S. senator from Mississippi and later President of the Confederate States of America