Don’t count on Presidential dollar for Atchison - Numismatic News
May 15 at 11:11am
Charles Vanderwater reports in his letter (April 15) that he read that David Rice Atchison had served as President of the United States for one day due to a glitch in American law at the time. Based on this information, Vanderwater wondered if this one-day president is entitled to a dollar coin as part of the Presidential $1 Coin Program.
The claim that Atchison was president for a day is one that has drifted through American history for over 150 years.
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