Serving as a brigadier general in the War of 1812, he also led an expedition that erroneosly concluded what the source of the Mississippi River is.
Serving as a brigadier general in the War of 1812, he also led an expedition that erroneosly concluded what the source of the Mississippi River is. He also served as minister to France from 1836 to 1842 and lead the Senate bloc demanding "reannexation" during the "54-40 or fight" issue. In the [*] cabinet he was preceeded by William L. Marcy as Secretary of State and John Henry Eaton as Secretary of War. It was in that office that he directed the Black Hawk and Seminole Wars. As a Michigan Senator he championed the doctrine of Popular Sovreignty. FTP name this man who lost the 1848 presidential election and may have been the first person about whom it was said "They're not booing, they're saying Lew."
Serving as a brigadier general in the War of 1812, he also led an expedition that erroneosly concluded what the source of the Mississippi River is.
Lewis {Cass}