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| − | '''William Clark''' (1770-1838) was an explorer and statesman from [[Virginia]]. He formed part of the famous [[Lewis and Clark]] expedition to the West in 1803, with [[Meriwether Lewis]], among others. After the expedition, he was appointed by President [[Thomas Jefferson]] as principal Indian agent of the [[Louisiana]] Territory, and in 1813 he became the [[governor]] of [[Missouri]] Territory. When Missouri became a state in | + | '''William Clark''' (1770-1838) was an explorer and statesman from [[Virginia]]. He formed part of the famous [[Lewis and Clark]] expedition to the West in 1803, with [[Meriwether Lewis]], among others. After the expedition, he was appointed by President [[Thomas Jefferson]] as principal Indian agent of the [[Louisiana]] Territory, during which time he negotiated intertribal peace treaties and convinced tribes that were potentially harmful to interests of the [[United States]] (such as the [[Sioux]]) to remain neutral or side against the [[British]] in the [[War of 1812]]. In 1813 he became the [[governor]] of [[Missouri]] Territory. When Missouri became a state in 1821, he lost his gubernatorial election bid, at which time he went back into Indian agency in [[St. Louis]] until shortly before his death in 1838. |
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| − | [http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/clark.htm Clark's biography on PBS] | + | *[http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/clark.htm Clark's biography on PBS] |
| + | *[http://www.nps.gov/archive/jeff/LewisClark2/CorpsOfDiscovery/TheLeaders/Clark/Clark.htm Clark's biography on NPS] | ||
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[[Category:Missouri Governors]] | [[Category:Missouri Governors]] | ||
[[Category:Explorers]] | [[Category:Explorers]] | ||
Revision as of 22:30, February 9, 2009
William Clark (1770-1838) was an explorer and statesman from Virginia. He formed part of the famous Lewis and Clark expedition to the West in 1803, with Meriwether Lewis, among others. After the expedition, he was appointed by President Thomas Jefferson as principal Indian agent of the Louisiana Territory, during which time he negotiated intertribal peace treaties and convinced tribes that were potentially harmful to interests of the United States (such as the Sioux) to remain neutral or side against the British in the War of 1812. In 1813 he became the governor of Missouri Territory. When Missouri became a state in 1821, he lost his gubernatorial election bid, at which time he went back into Indian agency in St. Louis until shortly before his death in 1838.