What happened to Lewis and Clark after the expedition?

Answer 1

After the expedition, the two would lead completely different lives. Lewis, a troubled individual, was not suited for the bureaucratic life and found himself deep amongst petty and jealous administrators. On the way to Washington to clear his name, he stopped at Fort Pickering at the Chickasaw Bluffs. Those there described him as mentally distressed. Three weeks later, he was found in his rooms with two gunshot wounds at a roadside inn at Grinder's Stand, Hohenwald, Tennessee. He died the next morning on October 11, 1809. Some say that they were self-inflicted, others say it was murder. Jefferson -- for as long as he'd known the man -- admitted that he had suffered from "hypochondriac afflictions." Clark would serve as governor of the Missouri Territory and he continued to lead Native American affairs for 30 years, enjoying a high reputation as an authority on the West. Many hunters, adventurers and explorers would visit him in St. Louis for advice. He died at age 69 on September 1, 1838, while at the home of his son, Meriwhether Lewis Clark.

Answer 2

In January of 1808, 38 year old Clark married 16 year old Julia Hancock, with whom he had five children. St. Louis became his home, and there he held several political offices at the same time and was involved in the fur trade and real estate. In 1813, he was appointed the first governor of the newly created Missouri Territory, and was reappointed three times, until Missouri achieved statehood in 1821. Julia Hancock Clark died in 1821, and soon afterward Clark married Harriet Kennerly Radford, a widow who was also a cousin of his first wife. His most important post-expedition service was in his long tenure as Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the West. He died on September 1, 1838 at the age of 69 after a brief illness, in the home of his son Meriwether Lewis Clark on Broadway in St. Louis. Today, a plaque within the building at 200 North Broadway marks the location of Clark's death. After a grand funeral procession which stretched over a mile along the streets of St. Louis, Clark was buried with Masonic and military honors outside the city, on the farm of his nephew, Col. John O'Fallon. In the 1850s his body was moved to the new Bellefontaine Cemetery, a landscaped rural cemetery on the north side of the city of St. Louis, Missouri.

Answer 3

After the expedition, Lewis, a troubled individual, was not suited for the bureaucratic life and found himself deep amongst petty and jealous administrators. On the way to Washington to clear his name, he stopped at Fort Pickering at the Chickasaw Bluffs. Those there described him as mentally distressed. Three weeks later, on October 10, 1809, he died of two gunshot wounds at a roadside inn. Some say that they were self-inflicted, others say it was murder. Jefferson for as long as he'd known the man, admitted that he had suffered from "hyponcondriac afflictions."

Answer 4

After the expedition, Lewis became governor of the Louisiana Territory, while Clark served as Superintendent of Indian Affairs. Lewis died under mysterious circumstances in 1809, while Clark went on to have a successful career in government, ultimately becoming Governor of the Missouri Territory.