Search results

David Rice Atchison (August 11, 1807 – January 26, 1886) was a mid-19th-century Democratic United States Senator from Missouri. He served as president...

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...

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...

of Homeland Security. Various friends and colleagues of Senator David Rice Atchison asserted that both offices were vacant on March 4–5, 1849, because...

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...

Atchison County is the name of two counties in the United States, both named for Missouri Senator David Rice Atchison: Atchison County, Kansas Atchison...

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...

Atchison and Atchison County, Kansas, are named after United States Senator and legendary "President for a day" David Rice Atchison. The Atchison County Historical...

Kansas" era. Atchison County was established in 1855, named for David Rice Atchison, a U.S. Senator from Missouri known for his pro-slavery views, which...

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...

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...

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...

drummer and musician David Rice Atchison (1807–1886), US senator from Missouri Don Atchison (born 1952), Canadian politician Doug Atchison, American motion...

President of Grant MacEwan University David Rice Atchison (1807–1886), sometimes spelled Atkinson, United States senator David Atkinson (footballer) (born 1993)...

were from Missouri. This group, which included forces raised by David Rice Atchison and Benjamin Franklin Stringfellow, obtained arms from the state...

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...

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...

such as David Rice Atchison, Benjamin Franklin Stringfellow, John H. Stringfellow, editor of the pro-slavery newspaper Squatter Sovereign (Atchison, Kansas)...

wounded, and 6 missing" on the American side. Folklore holds that David Rice Atchison, as president pro tempore of the Senate, unknowingly succeeded to...

of Clearmont lies in its center. Atchison Township was established in April 1845, and named after David Rice Atchison, a United States Senator from Missouri...