Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was president at the time of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. infact, he sent Lewis out to explore and Lewis chose Clark to come along. So, Thomas Jefferson had a huge influence on the expedition.
President Jefferson needed Lewis and Clark to map the Louisiana Territory and to explore it.
Aeris Reed
President Thomas Jefferson. It was 1803.
Meriwether Lewis was in charge and William Clark came as his assistant. But the Lewis And Clark Expedition is still know as The Lewis And Clark Expedition.
President Thomas Jefferson commissioned the Lewis and Clark expedition, not long after he bought the Louisiana territory from Napoleon.
Lewis and Clark are the captains of this expedition
There was a disease in the Lewis and Clark expedition
They were paid to do it by President Thomas Jefferson
Thomas jefferson
Lewis & Clark began their expedition in 1804.
The Lewis and Clark expedition were dispatched primarily to the western portion of the United States. The expedition was commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson shortly after the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.