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David Rice Atchison

1807 - 1886

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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 pro tempore of the United States Senate for six years. Atchison served as a major general in the Missouri State Militia in 1838 during Missouri's Mormon War and as a Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War under Major General Sterling Price in the Missouri Home Guard. Some of Atchison's associates claimed that for 24 hours—Sunday, March 4, 1849, through noon on Monday—he may have been acting president of the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). David Rice Atchison is the 16,536th most popular politician (up from 16,862nd in 2024), the 9,925th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,811th in 2019) and the 747th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, David Rice Atchison ranks 16,536 out of 19,576. Before him are Rædwulf of Northumbria, Fernando Chui, Dennis Kucinich, Anatoliy Hrytsenko, Jim Ross, and Tonino Picula. After him are Osred I of Northumbria, Aksel Berg, Faimalaga Luka, Antti Kalliomäki, Giulio Tremonti, and Anlamani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1807, David Rice Atchison ranks 53. Before him are Wilford Woodruff, Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff, Arnold Henry Guyot, Bernhard Horwitz, John Greenleaf Whittier, and Peter Hardeman Burnett. After him are Ira Aldridge, Robert McClure, James Abbott, and Henry Sewell. Among people deceased in 1886, David Rice Atchison ranks 56. Before him are Richard Maack, Joseph Victor von Scheffel, Zinovios Valvis, Théodore Aubanel, Samuel J. Tilden, and Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint. After him are Henry Hobson Richardson, Randolph Caldecott, Rebecca Solomon, and Horatio Seymour.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Rice Atchison ranks 9,927 out of 20,380. Before him are Lloyd Nolan (1902), Sharon Robinson (1953), Dennis Kucinich (1946), Eric Stonestreet (1971), Claire McDowell (1877), and Jim Ross (1952). After him are Susan Lucci (1946), Craig Bierko (1964), AJ Michalka (1991), Summer Glau (1981), Tracii Guns (1966), and Mike Garson (1945).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, David Rice Atchison ranks 747. Before him are Bob Mathias (1930), Hugo Black (1886), Fred M. Vinson (1890), Mark Parkinson (1957), Dennis Kucinich (1946), and Jim Ross (1952). After him are Benjamin Franklin Butler (1795), David Brenner (1962), Benjamin Harrison V (1726), John Nelson (1791), Lorenzo Snow (1814), and Kathy Hochul (1958).

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