David Rice Atchison
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David Rice Atchison 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 gene
David Rice Atchison by Mathew Brady March 1849
Statue in front of the Clinton County Courthouse, Plattsburg, Missouri
David Rice Atchison's tombstone
Atchison, Kansas
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Atchison is a city in and the county seat of Atchison County, Kansas, United States, along the Missouri River. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 10,885. The city is named in honor
David Rice Atchison
…other Southerners, thus preserving the numerical balance between free states and slave states in the nation. In 1854 Atchison helped found the town of Atchison, Kansas, as a pro-slavery settlement. The town (and county) were named for him. While Southerners supported the idea of settling in Kansas, few migrated there…
Commercial Street in downtown Atchison (2006)
Commercial Street, 1860
Looking north at the rail yard beneath the lower Sixth Street viaduct, circa 1880-1900
Pedestrian mall on Commercial Street in downtown Atchison (2006)