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David Rice Atchison ( <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_11" class="extiw" title="en:August 11">August 11</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1807" class="extiw" title="en:1807">1807</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_26" class="extiw" title="en:January 26">January 26</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1886" class="extiw" title="en:1886">1886</a>) was a mid-19th century <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Democratic_Party" class="extiw" title="en:United States Democratic Party">Democratic</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate" class="extiw" title="en:United States Senate">United States Senator</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri" class="extiw" title="en:Missouri">Missouri</a>. Frequently serving as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_Pro_Tempore_of_the_United_States_Senate" class="extiw" title="en:President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate">President Pro Tempore</a> of the Senate, he is probably best known as the focus of an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/urban_legend" class="extiw" title="en:urban legend">urban legend</a> claiming that, for one day, he was de jure <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" class="extiw" title="en:President of the United States">President of the United States</a>.

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current06:22, 6 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 06:22, 6 January 20171,097 × 1,333 (319 KB)127.0.0.1 (talk)<b>David Rice Atchison</b> ( <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_11" class="extiw" title="en:August 11">August 11</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1807" class="extiw" title="en:1807">1807</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_26" class="extiw" title="en:January 26">January 26</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1886" class="extiw" title="en:1886">1886</a>) was a mid-19th century <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Democratic_Party" class="extiw" title="en:United States Democratic Party">Democratic</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate" class="extiw" title="en:United States Senate">United States Senator</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri" class="extiw" title="en:Missouri">Missouri</a>. Frequently serving as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_Pro_Tempore_of_the_United_States_Senate" class="extiw" title="en:President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate">President Pro Tempore</a> of the Senate, he is probably best known as the focus of an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/urban_legend" class="extiw" title="en:urban legend">urban legend</a> claiming that, for one day, he was <i>de jure</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" class="extiw" title="en:President of the United States">President of the United States</a>.
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