Person:William Clark (249)

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Gov. William Clark
b.1 August 1770 Ladysmith, Caroline County, Virginia
d.1 September 1838 St. Louis (county), Missouri, United States
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m. 1749
  1. Jonathan Clark1750 - 1811
  2. George Rogers Clark1752 - 1818
  3. Ann Clark1755 - 1822
  4. Governor William Hansen Clark1757 - 1843
  5. John Clark1757 - 1783
  6. Richard Clark1760 - 1783
  7. Edmund Clark1762 - 1815
  8. Gov. William Clark1770 - 1838
  9. Lucy Clarkbef 1774 -
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Name Gov. William Clark
Gender Male
Birth? 1 August 1770 Ladysmith, Caroline County, Virginia
Death? 1 September 1838 St. Louis (county), Missouri, United States


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William Clark (August 1, 1770 – September 1, 1838) was an American explorer, soldier, Indian agent, and territorial governor. A native of Virginia, he grew up in prestatehood Kentucky before later settling in what became the state of Missouri. Clark was a planter and slaveholder.

Along with Meriwether Lewis, Clark led the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1803 to 1806 across the Louisiana Purchase to the Pacific Ocean, and claimed the Pacific Northwest for the United States. Before the expedition, he served in a militia and the United States Army. Afterward, he served in a militia and as governor of the Missouri Territory. From 1822 until his death in 1838, he served as Superintendent of Indian Affairs.

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