ATCHISON, David Rice, 1807-1886 Biographical Information ___A brief biography and bibliography. - Illustrated - From the United States Congress - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000322 ___According to this webpage, Atchison was president for a day and slept most of it way. Read the story here. - Illustrated - From Steve Silverman - http://home.nycap.rr.com/useless/atchison/index.htmlDead Presidents: Before Washington ___"Who Was President Before George Washington??" Could there have been 14 of them? This page provides a chart with names and dates for terms of office. - Text only - From Manus Hand - http://starship.python.net/crew/manus/Presidents/faq/conf.htmlFind a Grave - David Rice Atchison ___Click on the photos of David Rice Atchison's final resting place in Greenlawn Cemetery, Missouri to view larger images. There is also a brief account of his 'presidency.' - Illustrated - From Find a Grave - http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=4972 ___"You might be wondering what this section is about. Was George Washington not the first President of the United States of America? The answer is, no, he wasn't. George Washington was the first president under the U.S. Constitution. Someone had to run the country before the constitution was ratified. The U.S. had a running government as early as mid-1774. This section is about those men who did run the country before Old George." - Illustrated - From From John Kochanczyk - http://www.geocities.com/presfacts/8/first8.html ___"George Washington was definitely not the first President of the United States. He was the first President of the United States under the Constitution we follow today. And the first seven Presidents are forgotten in history." - Illustrated - From M. E. Marshall - http://www.marshallhall.org/hanson.html
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