 Meriwether
Lewis
After serving as a captain in the United
States Army, Meriwether Lewis became the personal secretary of
President Thomas Jefferson in 1801. In 1802 Jefferson chose
Lewis to lead an expedition to the Pacific Ocean. Along with
joint commander William Clark, Lewis and his team of explorers
broke camp near St. Louis in May 1804, reached the Pacific in
late 1805, and returned to St. Louis in September 1806.
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