| LC control no. | nr 89009584 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Atchison, David Rice, 1807-1886 |
| Variant(s) | Atchison, Davy, 1807-1886 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Liberty (Mo.) |
| Birth date | 1807-08-11 |
| Death date | 1886-01-26 |
| Place of birth | Frogtown (Ky.) Lexington (Ky.) |
| Place of death | Clinton County (Mo.) |
| Affiliation | Missouri. General Assembly. House of Representatives United States. Congress. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.) Transylvania University |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers Judges |
| Found in | Blair, F.P. Remarks of Hon. F.P. Blair, Jr. of Saint Louis, 1855?: p. 1, etc. (Mr. Atchison; U.S. Senator from Missouri; President pro tem. of the Senate) p. 9 (Davy Atchison) Concise DAB (Atchison, David Rice; b. 1807, Frogtown, Ky; d. 1886, Gower, Mo.; lawyer, U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1843-1855) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed May 25, 2018 (Atchison, David Rice, a Senator from Missouri; born in Frogtown, Ky., August 11, 1807; attended Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky.; studied law; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Liberty, Clay County, Mo., in 1829; also engaged in agricultural pursuits; member of the State house of representatives in 1834, and again in 1838; appointed judge of the Platte County circuit court in 1841; appointed and subsequently elected in 1843 as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Lewis F. Linn; reelected in 1849, and served from October 14, 1843, to March 3, 1855; President pro tempore of the Senate (Twenty-ninth through Thirty-third Congresses); chairman, Committee on the Militia (Twenty-ninth Congress), Committee on Indian Affairs (Thirtieth through Thirty-second Congresses); resumed the practice of law; died at his home near Gower, Clinton County, Mo., January 26, 1886; interment in Greenlawn Cemetery, Plattsburg, Mo.) Kentucky encyclopedia, ©1992: page 38 (David Rice Atchison was born in part of south Lexington, Kentucky known as Frogtown. Graduated from Transylvania University in 1933 |
| Associated language | eng |
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