What is David Rice Atchison?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = David Rice Atchison | image = David Rice Atchison by Mathew Brady March 1849.jpg | office = [[President pro tempore of the United States Senate]] | term_start1 = December 20, 1852 | term_end1 = December 4, 1854 | predecessor1= [[William R. King]] | successor1 = [[Lewis Cass]] | term_start2 = August 8, 1846 | term_end2 = December 2, 1849 | predecessor2 = [[Ambrose Hundley Sevier]] | successor2 = [[William R. King]] | office3 = [[United States Senate|United States Senator]]<br/>from [[Missouri]] | term_start3 = October 14, 1843 | term_end3 = March 3, 1855 | predecessor3= [[Lewis F. Linn]] | successor3 = [[James S. Green]] | office4 = Member of the [[Missouri House of Representatives]] | term4 = 1834 | term5 = 1838 | birth_date = {{birth date|1807|8|11}} | birth_place = [[Lexington, Kentucky]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1886|1|26|1807|8|11}} | death_place = [[Gower, Missouri]] | restingplace= Greenlawn Cemetery, [[Plattsburg, Missouri]] | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | alma_mater = [[Transylvania University]] | profession = Lawyer, politician | signature = David Rice Atchison Signature.svg | allegiance = {{ubl|{{flag|United States|1837}}|{{Nowrap|[[File:Flag of the Missouri State Guard.svg|Missouri|border|23px]] [[Confederate government of Missouri|Missouri (Confederate)]]}}}} | branch = {{flagicon|United States|1837}}[[Missouri Volunteer Militia]]<br>[[File:Flag of the Missouri State Guard.svg|Missouri|border|23px]] [[Missouri State Guard]] | serviceyears= 1838 ([[Missouri Volunteer Militia|MVM]])<br>1861–1862 ([[Missouri State Guard|MSG]]) | rank = [[File:Union Army major general rank insignia.svg|35px]] [[Major general (United States)|Major-General]] (MVM)<br>[[File:Confederate States of America General-collar.svg|23px]] [[Brigadier general|Brigadier-General]] (MSG) | battles= [[1838 Mormon War|Missouri Mormon War]]<br> [[American Civil War]]<br> *[[Battle of Liberty|Action at Bl