David Rice Atchison

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Politician
gptkbp:advocated_for slavery in the territories
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:ancestor gptkb:John_Atchison
gptkbp:appointed_by gptkb:Senate
gptkbp:birth_date 1807-08-11
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Kentucky
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:Forest_Hill_Cemetery,_Kansas_City
gptkbp:children gptkb:David_Atchison_Jr.
gptkbp:date_of_birth August 11, 1807
gptkbp:death_date 1886-01-26
January 26, 1886
gptkbp:death_place gptkb:Missouri
gptkbp:descendant gptkb:David_Atchison_Jr.
gptkbp:education gptkb:Transylvania_University
gptkbp:election gptkb:Missouri_State_Legislature
gptkbp:governing_body gptkb:United_States_Senate
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label David Rice Atchison
gptkbp:image David Rice Atchison.jpg
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Zachary_Taylor
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Andrew_Jackson
gptkbp:involved_in Missouri politics
gptkbp:is_a_member_of gptkb:colonialism
gptkbp:is_opposed_by gptkb:Free_Soil_Party
gptkbp:known_for acting as President of the United States for one day
gptkbp:legacy Atchison, Kansas named after him
gptkbp:legislation gptkb:Kansas-Nebraska_Act
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:Missouri_Compromise
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:lawyer
gptkbp:office gptkb:President_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:party gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:place_of_birth gptkb:Kentucky,_USA
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:Missouri,_USA
gptkbp:political_career gptkb:Senate
gptkbp:political_party gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:position Senator from Missouri
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:James_Polk_Jr.
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:Thomas_Atchison
gptkbp:religion gptkb:United_Methodist_Church
gptkbp:role acting president
gptkbp:served_as President pro tempore of the Senate
gptkbp:served_as_chairman gptkb:Missouri_Democratic_Party
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:Missouri_State_Senate
gptkbp:signature Signature of David Rice Atchison.svg
gptkbp:spouse Elizabeth Atchison
gptkbp:state gptkb:Missouri
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Zachary_Taylor
gptkbp:supported gptkb:Compromise_of_1850
gptkbp:term 1843-1855
gptkbp:term_end 1849-03-05
gptkbp:term_start 1849-03-04
gptkbp:was_a delegate to the Democratic National Convention
gptkbp:was_involved_in Missouri Compromise debates
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Missouri_Territory
gptkb:University_of_Missouri_System
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5