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About Jean-Pierre Chouteau
Jean-Pierre Chouteau was a French Creole fur trader, merchant, politician, and slaveholder. An early settler of St. Louis from New Orleans, he became one of its most prominent citizens. He and his family were prominent in establishing the fur trade in the city, which became the early source of its wealth.
Everything about Jean-Pierre Chouteau →- Occupation
- politician, businessperson
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- October 10, 1758
- Died
- July 10, 1849