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    Meriwether Lewis

    American explorer and Governor (–)

    Meriwether Lewis

    Portrait by Charles Wilson Peale, c.

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

    (now near Hohenwald, Tennessee)

    Cause&#;of&#;deathGunshot wounds
    OccupationExplorer, soldier, politician
    Signature
    Branch/serviceInfantry
    Years&#;of service–
    RankCaptain
    UnitLegion of the United States
    1st United States Infantry Regiment
    CommandsCorps of Discovery; see above.