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William Clark:

- Commissioned as a lieutenant in the army in 1792
- His brother, George Rogers Clark, was an American Revolution hero
- Married twice, had 8 children
- Had 9 other siblings
- Terrible speller but diplomatic
- Better boatman
- Died at 69 of an unknown illness

Meriwether Lewis:

- Protege and secretary of Thomas Jefferson
- Anglophobe
- Philosophical but melancholic
- Bachelor, no children
- Had 5 other siblings
- Designated "scientist" of the expedition
- Debated to have been murdered or committed suicide

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