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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 1820, 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.

'''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.

==References==

==References==

[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]]