John d r atchison biography

In , Illinois-born architect, John Danley Atchison moved to Winnipeg from Chicago (1) with his wife, Grace, their toddler, Isabel, and newborn Elizabeth.

Some of Atchison's associates claimed that for 24 hours—Sunday, March 4, , through noon on Monday—he may have been acting president of the United States. This belief, however, is dismissed by most scholars. Atchison, owner of many slaves and a plantation , was a prominent pro-slavery activist and Border Ruffian leader, deeply involved with violence against abolitionists and other free-staters during the " Bleeding Kansas " events that preceded admission of the state to the Union.

Atchison was born to William Atchison and his wife in Frogtown later Kirklevington , which is now part of Lexington, Kentucky. He was educated at Transylvania University in Lexington. Atchison completed law studies and was admitted to the Kentucky bar in In , he moved to Liberty in Clay County in western Missouri, [ 8 ] and set up practice there.

He also acquired a farm or plantation, with labor provided by enslaved African Americans. Atchison's law practice flourished, and his best-known client was Joseph Smith , founder of the Latter Day Saint Movement.

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Atchison, already a member of the Liberty Blues, a volunteer militia in Missouri, got Doniphan to join. Atchison was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in When early disputes broke out into the Mormon War of , Atchison was appointed a major general in the state militia. In , he was appointed a circuit court judge for the six-county area of the Platte Purchase.

In , he was named a county commissioner in Platte County , where he then lived. In October , [ 9 ] Atchison was appointed to the U. Senate to fill the vacancy left by the death of Lewis F.