Don’t count on Presidential dollar for Atchison - Numismatic News
May 15
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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