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