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Atchison, David Rice

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Atchison, David Rice (1807-1886)

US senator. Atchison was appointed and then elected to the US Senate in 1843. A supporter of slavery, he helped frame the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854). After losing his seat in the Senate, he supported those who attacked the anti-slavery settlers in Kansas.
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