Atchison, David R
lawyer, United States senator, was born Aug. 11, 1807, in Frogtown, Ky. He was educated for the bar; removed to Missouri in 1830; and was elected to the legislature of that state in 1834 and 1838. In 1841 he was appointed judge of the Platte county circuit court; and during the year 1843 was appointed a senator in congress, to which position he was subsequently elected for two successive terms, serving until 1855.
He died in 1886.
ATHERTON, CHARLES GORDON, lawyer, United States senator, was born July 4, 1804, in Amherst, N. H. He graduated at Cambridge in 1822; studied law; and was for many years in the legislature of New Hampshire, and for three years speaker of the house. He was representative in congress from 1837 to 1843; a United States senator in congress from 1843 to 1849; and in 1852 a a was elected a United States senator to fill a vacancy. He died Nov. 15, 1853, in Manchester, N. H.
ATHERTON, CHARLES HUMPHREY, lawyer, congressman, was born Aug. 14, 1773, in Amherst, N. H. He graduated at Harvard college in 1794; held the office of register of probate from 1798 to 1807; and was a representative in congress from 1815 to 1817. He stood at the head of the bar in Hillsboro county for many years; and was a member of the state legislature in 1823, and again in 1838 and 1839. He died Jan. 8, 1853, in Amherst, N. Y.