President Thomas Jefferson wanted to see what lay beyond the more he talked to Lewis about it the more curious became.
Thomas Jefferson wrote the declaration of Independence and had also sent the 2 great explorers Lewis and Clark to explore the Louisiana Purchase
He conquered Slavery and He bought the Louisiana Territory and he had to deal with Pirates in the North Atlantic sea.
Meriwether Lewis
he was the VP for john Adams and the first secratary of state and 3rd president