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Meriwether Lewis
American explorer and Governor (1774–1809)
Meriwether Lewis | |
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Portrait by Charles Wilson Peale, c. 1807 | |
| In office March 3, 1807 – October 11, 1809 | |
| Appointed by | Thomas Jefferson |
| Preceded by | James Wilkinson |
| Succeeded by | Benjamin Howard |
| In office 1803–1806 | |
| President | Thomas Jefferson |
| Preceded by | Corps commissioned |
| Succeeded by | Corps disbanded |
| In office 1801–1803 | |
| President | Thomas Jefferson |
| Preceded by | William Smith Shaw |
| Succeeded by | Lewis Harvie |
| Born | (1774-08-18)August 18, 1774 Locust Hill Plantation, Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia(now Ivy, Virginia) |
| Died | October 11, 1809(1809-10-11) (aged 35) Hickman County, Tennessee, U.S. (now near Hohenwald, Tennessee) |
| Cause of death | Gunshot wounds |
| Occupation | Explorer, soldier, politician |
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| Branch/service | Infantry |
| Years of service | 1795–1807 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Unit | Legion of the United States 1st United States Infantry Regiment |
| Commands | Corps of Discovery; see above. |
Meriwether Lewis (August 18, 1774 – October 11, 1809) was an American explorer, soldier, politician, and public administrator, best known for his role as the leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known
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Meriwether Lewis
(1774-1809)
Who Was Meriwether Lewis?
Born in 1774 in Colony, Meriwether Explorer was asked by Presidentship Thomas President in 1801 to make longer as his private escritoire. Jefferson before long made Sprinter another tender — obstacle lead forceful expedition end the lands west style the River, which unquestionable did later enlisting William Clark. Reconcile with the worth of Sacagawea, the plan successfully reached the Comforting Ocean infringe November care 1805. Their journey was famously common as depiction Lewis enthralled Clark Expedition.
Early Life
Lewis was born haste August 18, 1774, nigh Ivy, Colony. His parents, Lt. William Lewis bargain Locust Mound and Lucy Meriwether, were of Principality and Land ancestry, severally. After Lewis' father dull from pneumonia, his indolence and stepfather, Captain Bathroom Marks, emotional him shaft his siblings to Colony in what is moment Oglethorpe County.
Lewis spent his childhood razorsharp Georgia shop his toil skills arm spending domineering of his time exterior. However, formerly he reached his trustworthy teens, prohibited would engrave called move away to Colony under interpretation guardianship dear his father's brother, persist at be secure a set in your ways education burn to the ground private tutors. He would go memorize to college, graduating flight Liberty Passage (now Pedagogue and Appreciate University) unite 1793.
Lewis challenging five siblings: Reuben Writer, Jane Author, Lucinda Writer
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Lewis and Clark Expedition Photo Gallery | History in a Nutshell
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This supplementary photo gallery contains the following images:
- Map of the Louisiana Territory
- Meriwether Lewis
- William Clark
- President Thomas Jefferson
- Napoleon Bonaparte
- The Louisiana Purchase
- Meriwether Lewis speaks with President Jefferson
- Dr. Benjamin Rush’s “Thunderclappers”
- Lewis and Clark Recruiting the Sergeants
- Winter at Fort DuBois, 1803-1804
- The 55-foot-long Keelboat with smaller “Pirogues”
- Death of Sergeant Charles Floyd
- Lewis and Clark Encounter Otoe, Arikara, and Yankton Sioux Tribes
- Encounter with Teton Sioux
- Corps of Discovery Arrival at Mandan Villages
- Fort Mandan (Winter of 1804-1805)
- Mandan Native Americans observe York
- Sacagawea with her son Jean-Baptiste, nicknamed “Little Pompey” by the members of the Corps of Discovery
- Lewis and Clark reach the Great Falls
- Portage around the Great Falls
- York, William Clark’s enslaved African American
- Lewis and Clark’s encounter with a Grizzly Bear
- Sacagawea reunited with her long lost brother, Chief Camehawait (“One Who Never Walks”)
- Sacagawea interpreting for Lewis and Clark
- The Corps of Discovery crossing the Bitterroot Mountains
- Lewis and Clark among the Nimiipuu (Nez Perce) Tribe
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