David Rice Atchison

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David Rice Atchison was a 19th-century American politician from Missouri who served as a U.S. senator and influential pro-slavery leader during the period leading up to the Civil War.

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David Rice Atchison canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician ⓘ
Democratic Party politician ⓘ
United States senator ⓘ
human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
slave owner ⓘ
birthDate 1807-08-11 ⓘ
birthPlace Fayette County, Kentucky ⓘ
United States ⓘ
burialPlace Greenlawn Cemetery, Plattsburg, Missouri ⓘ
chairpersonOf Senate Committee on Territories ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1886-01-26 ⓘ
deathPlace Clinton County, Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States ⓘ
educatedAt Transylvania University ⓘ
endTime 1855 ⓘ
familyName Atchison ⓘ
givenName David ⓘ
hasPart myth of being President of the United States for one day ⓘ
ideology pro-slavery ⓘ
states' rights ⓘ
knownFor leadership in the pro-slavery movement in Missouri and Kansas ⓘ
support for the Kansas–Nebraska Act ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party ⓘ
mentorOf Alexander William Doniphan ⓘ
militaryBranch Missouri State Militia ⓘ
militaryRank major general ⓘ
name David Rice Atchison ⓘ
notableEvent alleged one-day presidency on March 4, 1849 ⓘ
notableWork advocacy for the extension of slavery into Kansas Territory ⓘ
occupation lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
participatedIn Bleeding Kansas conflict ⓘ
positionHeld President pro tempore of the United States Senate ⓘ
United States senator from Missouri ⓘ
member of the Missouri State Legislature ⓘ
practicedLawIn Liberty, Missouri ⓘ
precededBy Lewis F. Linn NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Presbyterianism ⓘ
linked to: Presbyterian
represented Missouri ⓘ
residence Liberty, Missouri ⓘ
Platte County, Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ
servedAlongside Thomas Hart Benton ⓘ
signature signature of David Rice Atchison ⓘ
startTime 1843 ⓘ
succeededBy James S. Green ⓘ
supported expansion of slavery into western territories ⓘ

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Atchison, Kansas, United States → namedAfter → David Rice Atchison ⓘ
Kansas Territory → associatedWith → David Rice Atchison ⓘ
Sacking of Lawrence → commander → David Rice Atchison ⓘ
Atchison County, Kansas → namedAfter → David Rice Atchison ⓘ
Atchison County, Missouri → namedAfter → David Rice Atchison ⓘ
Mormon–Missouri conflict → keyFigure → David Rice Atchison ⓘ
David Rice Atchison → name → David Rice Atchison ⓘ