David Rice Atchison Quotes


Things are not so bad in that county as represented by rumor, and, in fact, from affidavits I have no doubt your Excellency has been deceived by the exaggerated statements of designing or half crazy men. I have found there is no cause of alarm on account of the Mormons; they are not to be feared; they are very much alarmed.


Context

These facts were gross contradictions of what the Governor had been hearing from numerous community leaders who were in a panic of hatred.


Citations

David R. Atchison, 1807-1886, Army Major general, U. S. Congressman & Senator (Missouri), Letter to Missouri Governor Boggs, 1839

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David Rice Atchison
David Rice Atchison
  • Born: August 11, 1807
  • Died: January 26, 1886
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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 general in the Missouri State Militia in 1838 during Missouri's Mormon War and as a Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War under Major General Sterling Price in the Missouri Home Guard. He is best known for the claim that for 24 hours—Sunday, March 4, 1849 through noon on Monday—he may have been Acting President of the United States. This belief, however, is dismissed by nearly all historians, scholars, and biographers.