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    David Rice Atchison (August 11, 1807 – January 26, 1886) was a mid-19th-century Democratic United States Senator from Missouri. He served as president...
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    US Senator David Rice Atchison from Missouri and was the original eastern terminus of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Atchison is also the...
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    officially organized on February 14, 1845, and named for U.S. Senator David Rice Atchison from Missouri. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has...
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  • Atchison County is the name of two counties in the United States, both named for Missouri Senator David Rice Atchison: Atchison County, Kansas Atchison...
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    of Homeland Security. Various friends and colleagues of Senator David Rice Atchison asserted that both offices were vacant on March 4–5, 1849, because...
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    labor-intensive and dependent on labor of enslaved African Americans labor. David Rice Atchison, the US senator from here, was pro-slavery. As the county seat, Plattsburg...
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    swearing-in ceremony until March 5, various friends and colleagues of Senator David Atchison asserted that on March 4–5, 1849, he was acting president of the United...
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  • President of Grant MacEwan University David Rice Atchison (1807–1886), sometimes spelled Atkinson, United States senator David Atkinson (footballer) (born 1993)...
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  • Atchison and Atchison County, Kansas, are named after United States Senator and legendary "President for a day" David Rice Atchison. The Atchison County Historical...
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    was still unorganized. Douglas's efforts were stymied by Senator David Rice Atchison of Missouri and other Southern leaders who refused to allow the creation...
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  • President for One Day may refer to: David Rice Atchison, a 19th-century U.S. Senator best known for the claim that he served as Acting President of the...
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    the county population was 16,348. The county was named in honor of David Atchison, a U.S. Senator from Missouri and border ruffian during the "Bleeding...
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    office May 6, 1850 – December 20, 1852 Preceded by David Rice Atchison Succeeded by David Rice Atchison In office July 1, 1836 – March 4, 1841 Preceded by...
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  • Roberts in the anthology Alternate Presidents edited by Mike Resnick, David Rice Atchison, the President pro tempore of the United States Senate and a prominent...
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    such as David Rice Atchison, Benjamin Franklin Stringfellow, John H. Stringfellow, editor of the pro-slavery newspaper Squatter Sovereign (Atchison, Kansas)...
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  • drummer and musician David Rice Atchison (1807–1886), US senator from Missouri Don Atchison (born 1952), Canadian politician Doug Atchison, American motion...
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  • named after David Rice Atchison, a United States Senator from Missouri. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Atchison Township, Nodaway...
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    Governor would come to mediate. Parks wrote his superior, General David Rice Atchison, that "a word from his Excellency would have more power to quell...
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    It has been alleged that in 1849, Senate President pro tempore David Rice Atchison was president for a day, although all scholars dismiss that claim...
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  • were from Missouri. This group, which included forces raised by David Rice Atchison and Benjamin Franklin Stringfellow, obtained arms from the state...
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  • Atchison Township is an inactive township in Clinton County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. Atchison Township has the name of David Rice Atchison, a Missouri...
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    Johnson were directly elected to the presidency. Folklore holds that David Rice Atchison, as president pro tempore of the Senate, unknowingly succeeded to...
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  • World's Smallest Presidential Library in Atchison County, Kansas, a museum exhibit about David Rice Atchison, who some have claimed was Acting President...
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    militia forces were authorized to prevent such an invasion. General David R. Atchison of Clay County, commander of the state militia in northwestern Missouri...
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  • and son of former United States Secretary of State Dean Acheson David Rice Atchison (1807–1886), U.S. Senator from Missouri This disambiguation page...
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  • 2023. USS Atchison County (LST-60), named for counties in Kansas and Missouri established in honor of Brigadier General David Rice Atchison USS Brooke...
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    March 4) Millard Fillmore 16th Senate Chamber, United States Capitol David Rice Atchison President pro tempore of the United States Senate March 24, 1853...
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  • tempore David Rice Atchison December 20, 1852 – March 4, 1853 President pro tempore William R. King March 4 – April 18, 1853 President of the Senate David Rice...
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    Obasanjo Presidential Library World's Smallest Presidential Library (David Rice Atchison) Perdana Leadership Foundation NARA and the Obama Foundation are...
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    Shannon negotiated a peace agreement between Robinson and Lane and David Rice Atchison. The conflict had one other fatality, when Free-Stater Thomas Barber...
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