Examples of Meriwether Lewis in the following topics:
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- After the purchase of the Louisiana Territory, Thomas Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark to lead an expedition called the "Corps of Discovery."
- Thus, in 1804, he commissioned his personal secretary, Meriwether Lewis, to join frontiersman and soldier Captain William Clark in recruiting a "Corps of Discovery."
- Lewis and Clark were thus instructed to map the territory through which they would pass and to explore all tributaries of the Missouri River.
- Having gathered woodsmen from across the country for the expedition, Lewis and Clark set out from St.
- Upon their return, Meriwether Lewis was named governor of the Louisiana Territory.
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- In 1803, President Jefferson authorized a "Corps of Discovery," headed by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, to explore a passage to the Pacific Ocean.
- The Louisiana Purchase and the journey of Lewis and Clark captured the imagination of many who dedicated themselves to the economic exploitation of the western lands and the expansion of American influence and power.
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- Lewis, the president of the
United Mine Workers of America (UMW).
- However, Lewis, a devoted neutralist,
opposed Roosevelt on foreign policy grounds and questioned Roosevelt’s decision
to run for the third term in 1940.
- In 1943,
Lewis, still the president of the United Mine Workers, led one of the biggest
war-time strikes.
- Some even called to
arrest Lewis for obstructing production essential to the war effort but in the
end the miners’ demands were met.
- Lewis, President of the United Mine Workers of America and founder of the CIO, photographed at the Capitol in 1922.
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- The famed expedition of Lewis and Clarke from 1803-1806 embodied the dream of a continental empire.
- Sent by Jefferson to survey, map, and gather specimens and natural artifacts for further study, Lewis and Clark undertook one of the first major explorations of western territory that initiated further contact with Native American tribes west of the Mississippi as well as the Spanish territories of Texas and New Mexico.
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- Zenger published editorials detailing Cosby's rancorous quarrel with the colonial council over his salary, as well as Cosby's removal of Chief Justice Lewis Morris from the New York Supreme Court in order to replace him with a more pliable official.
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- In 1908 the National Child Labor Committee hired Lewis Wickes Hine, a sociology professor who advocated photography as an educational medium, to document child labor in American industry.
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- Republicans Frank Lucas and Ron Lewis picked up two congressional seats from Democrats in Oklahoma and Kentucky in May 1994.
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- Zenger also published editorials detailing what he considered to be Cosby's offensive actions, including his rancorous quarrel with the colonial Council over his salary and his removal of Chief Justice Lewis Morris from the New York Supreme Court so that he could replace him with a more pliable official.
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- Lewis , the CIO , or Congress of Industrial Organizations, split off and competed aggressively for membership.