Meriwether
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Meriwether may refer to:
In places:
- Meriwether, Louisville, a neighborhood in Kentucky, US
People with the surname Meriwether:
- David Meriwether (representative), Congressional Representative from Georgia
- David Meriwether (senator), Senator from Kentucky and Governor of New Mexico
- Chuck Meriwether, umpire in Major League Baseball
- John Meriwether, American financial executive on Wall Street seen as a pioneer of fixed income arbitrage
- Lee Meriwether, American actress who was Miss America 1955
People with the given name Meriwether:
- Meriwether Lewis (1774–1809), American explorer, soldier, and public administrator
- Meriwether Lewis Walker (1869–1947), Governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1924 to 1928
- Meriwether Smith (1730–1790), American planter from Essex County, Virginia
In music:
- Meriwether, an alternative rock band from Baton-Rouge, Louisiana
[edit] See also
- SS Meriwether Lewis, a Liberty ship built in the US during World War II
- Meriwether County, Georgia