What future Vice President of the United States is believed to have personally killed Tecumseh during the War of 1812?

According to reports at the battle and many surrounding legends. Richard Mentor Johnson personally fired the shot that killed Tecumseh during the War of 1812's Battle of the Thames. He used the legend of his war heroism to propel his political career all the way to the U.S. Vice Presidency under President Martin Van Buren.

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