Editing David Rice Atchison (section)

==Early life==
Atchison was born to William Atchison and his wife in Frogtown (later Kirklevington), which is now part of [[Lexington, Kentucky]]. He was educated at [[Transylvania University]] in Lexington. Classmates included five future Democratic senators ([[Solomon Downs]] of [[Louisiana]], [[Jesse Bright]] of [[Indiana]], [[George Wallace Jones]] of [[Iowa]], [[Edward Hannegan]] of [[Indiana]], and [[Jefferson Davis]] of [[Mississippi]]). Atchison completed law studies and was admitted to the Kentucky [[bar association|bar]] in 1829.<ref name="bioguide.congress.gov">{{cite web |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000322 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620180150/http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000322 |archive-date=June 20, 2015 |title=Atchison, David Rice (1807–1886) |website=Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress}}</ref>