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Show We Overlooked One President Another Missouri Guy Was President For Day RESEARCH EXPERTS, digging into history, have unearthed evidence which indicates we have overlooked a President. Instead of 33 men holding the highest office in the land, we could, by virtue of a technicality, list 34. As the "missing" President is also a Missourian, there is a doubt about President Truman's claim to fame as the first chief executive to hail from the "show-me" state. The gentleman who has thus far been slighted by the historical record rec-ord is David R. Atchison, senator from Missouri, 1843-55. The main historical clue to Atchison's At-chison's Presidency is found in the 1913 edition of the Biographical Congressional Directory. The directory di-rectory reveals that Atchison was President of the United States for one day. |