(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
Signature
Military service
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 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.[1] President Thomas Jefferson appointed him Governor of Upper Louisiana in 1806.[2][3] He died in 1809 of gunshot wounds, in what was either a murder or suicide.
^Fritz, Harry W. (2004). The Lewis and Clark Expedition. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 59. ISBN 0-313-31661-9
^Fenelon, James V.; Defender-Wilson, Mary Louise (August 24, 2023). "Voyage of Domination, "Purchase" as Conquest, Sakakawea for Savagery: Distorted Icons from Misrepresentations of the Lewis and Clark Expedition". Wíčazo Ša Review. 19 (1): 85–104. doi:10.1353/wic.2004.0006. JSTOR 1409488. S2CID 147041160.
^Miller, Robert J. (2008). Native America, Discovered and Conquered: Thomas Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, and Manifest Destiny. Bison Books. p. 108. ISBN 9780803215986.
MeriwetherLewis (August 18, 1774 – October 11, 1809) was an American explorer, soldier, politician, and public administrator, best known for his role...
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Ouachita River. MeriwetherLewis sent some slips and cuttings of the curiosity to President Jefferson in March 1804. According to Lewis's letter, the samples...
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as wax models of Neanderthals. Martin Christopher as a wax model of MeriwetherLewis. Martin Sims as a wax model of William Clark. Randy Lee, Darryl Quon...
concurrently held the position of Senior Officer of the United States Army. MeriwetherLewis (1807–1809) served as the 2nd and William Clark (1813–1820) served...
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