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          Meriwether Lewis

          American explorer and Governor (1774–1809)

          Meriwether Lewis

          Portrait by Charles Wilson Peale, c.

          1807

          In office
          March 3, 1807 – October 11, 1809
          Appointed byThomas Jefferson
          Preceded byJames Wilkinson
          Succeeded byBenjamin Howard
          In office
          1803–1806
          PresidentThomas Jefferson
          Preceded byCorps commissioned
          Succeeded byCorps disbanded
          In office
          1801–1803
          PresidentThomas Jefferson
          Preceded byWilliam Smith Shaw
          Succeeded byLewis Harvie
          Born(1774-08-18)August 18, 1774
          Locust Hill Plantation, Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia(now Ivy, Virginia)
          DiedOctober 11, 1809(1809-10-11) (aged 35)
          Hickman County, Tennessee, U.S.

          (now near Hohenwald, Tennessee)

          Cause of deathGunshot wounds
          OccupationExplorer, soldier, politician
          Signature
          Branch/serviceInfantry
          Years of service1795–1807
          RankCaptain
          UnitLegion of the United States