David Rice Atchison
Fact Or Fiction Was He President For A Day In 1849?
David Rice Atchison Grave
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Name |
Born |
Died |
Age |
Buried At |
Visit Done |
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David Rice Atchison |
August 11, 1807 |
January 26, 1886 |
69 |
Greenlawn Cemetery Plattsburg, Mo |
May 2003 |
David Rice Atchison was President Pro Tempore of the Senate in 1849. It is set up that the President Pro Tempore is next in line if something happens to both the President and Vice President. Plattsburg Missouri is about fifty miles North of Kansas City Missouri. Legend has it that David Rice Atchison was President for one day due to March 4, 1849 falling on a Sunday. President Taylor did not want to take the oath of office as President due to it being Sunday and I think something to do with his religion. Depending on how you look at it, President Polk's term as President was extend by one day or you can say the United States has had a extra President. I have read the book Who's Buried In Grant's Tomb by CSPAN, It is about all the Presidents graves around the US and there is a picture of the grave in there and it say that it is just a legend. So in this case you have to be the judge. E-mail me and tell me what you think.
David Rice Atchison Monument
Sign to Atchison Grave
Directions to the Cemetery:
To get to the cemetery depending on how you go is as follows: If you are coming from 35 N you will get off at exit 40 and go left on 116 until you hit Plattsburg. You will go left on S. Main St. If you are coming from the East or West, there is a post office on one corner, and bank on another and a smaller cemetery on another. If you are coming from the West you will go left on S. Main St. and you will go right if you are coming from the east. There are arrows pointing the way to the grave.
*Greenlawn Cemetery
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