Meriwether Lewis
American explorer (1774-1809) · United States · Historical Figures · Died at 35
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Something wrong?Meriwether Lewis 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 as the Corps of Discovery, with William Clark.
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Portrait by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1805
Expedition route
A historical marker outside present-day Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University in Philadelphia, where Lewis met with scientists and purchased supplies in May 1803 before the expedition
Meriwether Lewis National Monument located at milepost 385.9 on the Natchez Trace Parkway
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Paul Allen with a biography of Meriwether Lewis, 1813
"(Meriwether) Lewis in Indian Dress (Shoshone)," published in 1816
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Meriwether Lewis 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 as the Corps of Discovery, with William Clark. Their mission was to explore the territory of the Louisiana Purchase, establish trade with, and sovereignty over the natives near the Missouri River, and claim the Pacific Northwest and Oregon Country for the United States before European nations. They also collected scientific data and information on indigenous nations. President Thomas Jefferson appointed him Governor of Upper Louisiana in 1806. He died in 1809 of gunshot wounds, in what was either a murder or suicide.
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