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What U.S. president slept through most of his term in presidency?

October 23, 2019 by Karen Hill

President David Rice Atcheson slept through most of his term in presidency.

He was president for one day, March 4, 1849.

James Polk’s term ended then, but Zachary Taylor refused to be sworn in on a Sunday so the job went automatically to the senate president pro tern.

“I slept most of that Sunday,” Atcheson admitted, and Taylor was sworn in the next day.

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About Karen Hill

Karen Hill is a freelance writer, editor, and columnist. Born in New York, her work has appeared in the Examiner, Yahoo News, Buzzfeed, among others.

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