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	David Rice Atchison - FREE David Rice Atchison Biography \| Encyclopedia.com: Facts, Pictures, Information!
		Atchison, however, neither took the oath of office constitutionally required of the president nor was recognized at the time as temporarily serving as president.
		David Atchison was born in Frogtown, near Lexington...
		Atchison was founded (1854) near a military post, established (1818-19) on Cow Island in the Missouri, and named for David Rice Atchison.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-AtchisonD.html (786 words)

	Atchison - LoveToKnow 1911
		Atchison is served by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, and the Missouri Pacific railways.
		Atchison's situation and transportation facilities make it an important supply-centre, its trade in grains and live-stock being particularly large; it has large railway machine shops, and its principal manufactures are flour, furniture, lumber, hardware and drugs.
		Atchison was founded in 1854 by pro-slavery partisans, and was named in honour of their leader, David Rice Atchison, a United States senator.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Atchison (269 words)

	David Rice Atchison: A Champion of the People by Jesus Lopez
		Atchison was an outstanding scholar and champion for the oppressed Mormons of Missouri.
		Atchison, the Blues and the Mormons were stationed at Jackson County briefly before the attorney general forwarded the judge's decision to the party.
		Though Atchison wished to aid the Mormons, he now found himself caught in a precarious situation as he had ascended in the military to command the state militia, which would soon be called on to take measures against the group he had vowed to protect.
	www.windingriver.com /WJC/2007/Lopez.htm (2180 words)

	David Rice Atchison - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		David Rice Atchison (August 11, 1807 – January 26, 1886) was a mid-19th century Democratic United States Senator from Missouri.
		Through his tenure in Missouri, Atchison also served in the state legislature and as a circuit-court judge, and in 1843 was appointed to the United States Senate to replace a Missouri Senator who had just died.
		Atchison is buried in his home of Plattsburg, Missouri, where a statue honors him in front of the Clinton County Courthouse.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/David_Rice_Atchison (769 words)

	David Rice Atchison Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		David Rice Atchison (1807-1886), American lawyer and politician, was a leading Democratic senator during the 1850s.
		David Atchison was born in Frogtown, near Lexington, Ky., on Aug. 11, 1807.
		Atchison served as judge for the Twelfth Judicial Circuit from 1841 to 1843.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/david-rice-atchison (554 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Atchison was incorporated as a town by the Territorial Legislature on Aug. 30, 1855 and incorporated as a city on Feb. 12, 1858.
		Another celebrity who brought notoriety to Atchison was world-famous aviatrix Amelia Earhart, who was born in her grandparents’ home and lived there during her early childhood.
		Atchison became known as “the city that refused to die” after rebuilding from two flash floods that swept through the downtown in 1958.
	www.atchisonkansas.net /02_history.htm (803 words)

	David Rice Atchison Biography (U.S. Senator) — Infoplease.com
		A United States senator from Missouri (1843-55), David Rice Atchison is a lively footnote to political history, known to trivia buffs as the man who was "president for one day." Supporters claim he was president on 4 March 1849, when newly-elected president Zachary Taylor refused to take the oath of office on a Sunday.
		As president pro tempore of the Senate, Atchison would presumably have been next in line for the job, but in actual practice Atchison was never sworn in or assigned the presidency in any way, and Taylor took the oath without incident on March 5th.
		David Rice Atchison of Missouri, border politician (University of Missouri studies) by William Earl Parrish
	www.infoplease.com /biography/var/davidriceatchison.html (310 words)

	David Rice Atchison
		The daguerreotype of Atchison is taken from the archives of the Library of Congress.
		David Rice Atchison was born on August 11, 1807 in a place named Frogtown, Kentucky.
		As a result, Atchison legally became the President for a twenty-four hour period, even though he was never elected to this office or sworn in.
	home.nycap.rr.com /useless/atchison/index.html (699 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Town hails 'one-day president'
		Atchison was also a major player behind the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act that allowed voters to bring Kansas into the union as a free state.
		Atchison became a senator in 1843 at age 36 and served until 1855.
		Atchison's story is a favorite topic of trivia quizzes and Web sites devoted to exploring urban legends, such as Snopes.com.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,600160437,00.html (811 words)

	WHMC-Columbia--Week in Missouri History
		David Rice Atchison, United States Senator from Missouri from 1843 to 1855, was born in Fayette County, Kentucky, August 11, 1807.
		A proslavery advocate, Atchison became one of the leaders in the anti-Benton faction of the state know as the “central clique.” In 1849 Atchison allied himself with Calhoun and led to victory the anti-Benton Democrats and the Whigs, who brought about Thomas Hart Benton's final defeat in the senatorial race of 1851.
		At the outbreak of the Civil War, Atchison joined the Missouri State troops in the Confederate cause and remained with the army until the Battle of Elkhorn.
	whmc.umsystem.edu /Mohist/aug7.html (363 words)

	WHMC-Columbia--Week in Missouri History (Site not responding. Last check: )
		David Rice Atchison, United States Senator from Missouri from 1843 to 1855, was born in Fayette County, Kentucky, August 11, 1807.
		A proslavery advocate, Atchison became one of the leaders in the anti-Benton faction of the state know as the “central clique.” In 1849 Atchison allied himself with Calhoun and led to victory the anti-Benton Democrats and the Whigs, who brought about Thomas Hart Benton's final defeat in the senatorial race of 1851.
		At the outbreak of the Civil War, Atchison joined the Missouri State troops in the Confederate cause and remained with the army until the Battle of Elkhorn.
	www.umsystem.edu /whmc/Mohist/aug7.html (363 words)

	Kansas Bogus Legislature - David Atchison
		David Atchison resigned his office as President Pro Tem of the United States Senate in December 1854 before the end of the congressional term to return home early for two of the biggest battles of his life.
		Atchison continued to campaign for the seat through the spring and summer, in the hope that the General Assembly would send him back at its next session.
		Atchison's chief Missouri representative, Ben Stringfellow, had organized the Platte County Self-Defense Association during the summer of 1854 and that group became the pattern for many "Blue Lodges," secret organizations in western Missouri towns with plans for a pro-slavery Kansas.
	www.kansasboguslegislature.org /atchison/index.html (874 words)

	Atchison Chapter DAR, Atchison, Kansas
		Atchison Chapter DAR was organized January 28, 1908.
		Atchison chapter was named for the city of Atchison, which in turn was named for Senator David Rice Atchison, who twice served as acting Vice President of the United States.
		A unique feature of Atchison is the International Forest of Friendship, a memorial to the men and women involved in aviation and space exploration.
	kansasdar.org /chapters/Atchison (266 words)

	Kansas Bogus Legislature - David Atchison
		David Atchison resigned his office as President Pro Tem of the United States Senate in December 1854 before the end of the congressional term to return home early for two of the biggest battles of his life.
		Atchison continued to campaign for the seat through the spring and summer, in the hope that the General Assembly would send him back at its next session.
		Atchison's chief Missouri representative, Ben Stringfellow, had organized the Platte County Self-Defense Association during the summer of 1854 and that group became the pattern for many "Blue Lodges," secret organizations in western Missouri towns with plans for a pro-slavery Kansas.
	kansasboguslegislature.org /atchison (874 words)

	Who was David Rice Atchison? - Blurtit
		David Rice Atchison was a Democratic United States Senator who is best known as the Senator who was 'President for a day.' He was born on August 11, 1807 in Frogtown, Kentucky and passed away on January 26, 1886.
		So, David Rice Atchison claims that he was president for a day that Sunday.
		Atchison, Kanas is a city in the state of Kanas that was named after David Rice Atchison.
	www.blurtit.com /q528327.html (191 words)

	Kansas Profile for David Rice Atchison February 8, 2006
		David Rice Atchison was born in Kentucky and moved to Missouri as a young man. He practiced law in Missouri and then was appointed to the United States Senate where he served for 12 years.
		Chris Taylor explains that Atchison was president, in one sense at least, for only one day – and he slept through most of that.
		This happened when Atchison was serving as the Senate President pro tem, which under the Constitution at that time was next in the line of succession to the presidency after the vice-president.
	www.oznet.ksu.edu /news/sty/KSProfileDavidRiceAtchison020806.htm (887 words)

	David Rice Atchison
		Some Historians claim that David Rice Atchison has the singular honor of having served as U.S. President for one day when General Zachary Taylor refused to be inaugurated on March 4, 1849, because it was a Sunday.
		Atchison never held the constitutional offices of Vice President and President of the United States of America as the oath of office was never administered.
		He received a liberal education, studied law, and began practice in Liberty County, Mo. In 1834 and 1838 he sat in the Missouri legislature, in 1841 he was appointed judge of the Platte county circuit court, and in 1843 appointed United States senator in the place of Lewis F.
	www.virtualology.com /uspresidents/davidatchison.com (721 words)

	David R. Atchison
		Some Historians claim that David Rice Atchison has the singular honor of having served as U.S. President for one day when General Zachary Taylor refused to be inaugurated on March 4, 1849, because it was a Sunday.
		Atchison never held the constitutional offices of Vice President and President of the United States of America as the oath of office was never administered.
		He received a liberal education, studied law, and began practice in Liberty County, Mo. In 1834 and 1838 he sat in the Missouri legislature, in 1841 he was appointed judge of the Platte county circuit court, and in 1843 appointed United States senator in the place of Lewis F.
	www.famousamericans.net /davidratchison (700 words)

	What, Where, When, Who, Why and How [5WH] for kids
		David Rice Atchison was born on August 11, 1807 in Kirklevington (earlier known as Frogtown), Kentucky.
		David Atchison, thus, became interim President for a 24-hour period, even though he was never elected to the office.
		On March 4, 1849 David Rice Atchison was sworn in as acting President.
	www.pitara.com /discover/5wh/online.asp?story=67 (452 words)

	Military Page: Clinton Co. MO Historical Society
		It may be for the David Rice Atchison who lived in Plattsburg and was elected as an Associate County Judge in 1894 and 1896 and elected Presiding Judge in 1898, which was two years after Sen. Atchison died.
		Sen. Atchison was admitted to practice law in Kentucky in 1829 at the age of 22.
		David Rice Atchison was also known to stir up Southern sentiment against Jim Lane and the Kansas Redlegs.
	www.rootsweb.com /~moclinto/histsoc/military.htm (2306 words)

	Senator David Rice Atchison: The Real Twelfth President of the United States
		David Rice Atchison was President of the United States for a single day, between the terms of James Polk and Zachary Taylor.
		During this time, Atchison held the distinct honor of being named President Pro Tempore of the Senate – meaning that, apart from the Vice President of the United States (who is the tie-breaking vote on any close issue), he was the most powerful man in the senate.
		This is the fact that David Rice Atchison, despite the fact that his name has become almost unrecognizable, was, technically speaking, the acting President of the United States for a single day.
	americanhistory.suite101.com /article.cfm/senator_david_rice_atchison (669 words)

	snopes.com: President for a Day
		David Rice Atchison served as President of the United States for one day in 1849.
		A plethora of trivia reference sources state that Missouri senator David Rice Atchison was (or acted as) President for that one day, but claims placing him in that office are really nothing more than latter day "what if?" fantasies based on erroneous assumptions and interpretations.
		The plain truth is, it's difficult to find one valid reason why David Rice Atchison should be considered to have served as President for a Day, but it's not hard to find several valid reasons why he shouldn't.
	www.snopes.com /history/american/atchison.asp (1784 words)

	The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Rice
		Rice, Alfred — of Dearborn, Wayne County, Mich. Republican.
		Rice, James A. — of Canton, Stark County, Ohio.
		Rice, Zel II — of Sparta, Monroe County, Wis. Democrat.
	politicalgraveyard.com /bio/rice.html (1477 words)

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