David Rice Atchison, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

David Rice Atchison

United States Senator from Missouri

Date of Birth: 11-Aug-1807

Place of Birth: Lexington, Kentucky, United States

Date of Death: 26-Jan-1886

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician, military officer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About David Rice Atchison

  • David Rice Atchison (August 11, 1807 – January 26, 1886) was a mid-19th century Democratic United States Senator from Missouri.
  • He served as President pro tempore of the United States Senate for six years.
  • Atchison served as a major general in the Missouri State Militia in 1838 during Missouri's Mormon War and as a Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War under Major General Sterling Price in the Missouri Home Guard.
  • He is best known for the claim that for 24 hours—Sunday, March 4, 1849 through noon on Monday—he may have been Acting President of the United States.
  • This belief, however, is dismissed by nearly all historians, scholars, and biographers.Atchison, owner of many slaves and a plantation, was a prominent pro-slavery activist and Border Ruffian leader, deeply involved with violence against abolitionists and other free-staters during the "Bleeding Kansas" events.

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