vcczar Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 This guy would probably be a Jan 6th MAGA insurrectionist. Major figure in his day. No offense, but anyone that favors this guy is horrible person. Here are his actions: Atchison, David R 1846 Sen Pres Pro Temp during Mexican War and lead up to Compr of 1850 Atchison, David R 1848 proposes compromise settlement regarding territories Atchison, David R 1849 Works to get his inter-party colleague Sen Benton defeated for reelection over slavery Atchison, David R 1849 Small minority of scholars claim he was acting president for a day Atchison, David R 1853 proslavery role in KS-NB legislation Atchison, David R 1854 in Cong junto that hooked Pierce to KS-NB Atchison, David R 1854 Helps found pro-slavery settlement in KS (Atchison, KS) Atchison, David R 1854 leads proslavery MO-ers into KS elections Atchison, David R 1855 Calls on pro-slavery KS to defend slavery by force and to kill abolitionists, if necessary; recruits Border Ruffians Atchison, David R 1856 Central focus of Sumner's "Crimes against Kansas" speech, detailing crimes, coups, tortures, murders in KS Atchison, David R 1856 Defeated for reelection, likely from his role in KS, and paying people in MO and TX to interfere violently Atchison, David R 1861 Joins the Confederacy, becoming a general Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthewyoung123 Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 I've honestly never heard of him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeP47 Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 3 minutes ago, matthewyoung123 said: I've honestly never heard of him. I think he did stuff in our playtest tbh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted September 10 Author Share Posted September 10 58 minutes ago, matthewyoung123 said: I've honestly never heard of him. Really?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthewyoung123 Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 5 minutes ago, vcczar said: Really?! Yeah. And I'm pretty well versed in Civil War Generals on both sides. He must have been in the Trans-Mississippi. That's the area I'm least familiar with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeP47 Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 3 minutes ago, matthewyoung123 said: Yeah. And I'm pretty well versed in Civil War Generals on both sides. He must have been in the Trans-Mississippi. That's the area I'm least familiar with. Honestly, he's a pretty well distributed trivia question for the whole "technically President for a day but not really" thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pringles Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 1 hour ago, matthewyoung123 said: I've honestly never heard of him. Likewise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euri Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 1 hour ago, OrangeP47 said: Honestly, he's a pretty well distributed trivia question for the whole "technically President for a day but not really" thing. Right, that's where I heard his name. I was wondering how I knew his middle name was Rice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted September 10 Author Share Posted September 10 1 hour ago, matthewyoung123 said: Yeah. And I'm pretty well versed in Civil War Generals on both sides. He must have been in the Trans-Mississippi. That's the area I'm least familiar with. He served in Missouri with Sterling Price in 1861-1862. He’s more famous as a Senator. He’d probably have the name recognition of a Ted Cruz today back in his time. Probably #5 in name recognition. Clay, WEbster, Calhoun, Benton, Atchison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConservativeElector2 Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 1 hour ago, vcczar said: He served in Missouri with Sterling Price in 1861-1862. He’s more famous as a Senator. He’d probably have the name recognition of a Ted Cruz today back in his time. Probably #5 in name recognition. Clay, WEbster, Calhoun, Benton, Atchison Here you talk about name recognition in 1849 at the time of his perhaps one-day presidency, not about the 1860s, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted September 10 Author Share Posted September 10 16 minutes ago, ConservativeElector2 said: Here you talk about name recognition in 1849 at the time of his perhaps one-day presidency, not about the 1860s, right? From about 1846 to 1856, if you were an American that didn't know who Atchison was, then you were probably illiterate or weren't reading newspapers. He would have been known in the early 1860s too, but he would have been kind of out of the picture for 5 years. It makes sense why people in the 21st century don't know who he was. He doesn't deserve to be remembered, except as a lesson in bad humanity. However, if we all went to a time machine, you'd be seeing his name popping up in the papers as often as Cruz or Lindsay Graham's names come up today or more. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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