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Arkansas Territory
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| Arkansas Territory | |||||||||||
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| Organized incorporated territory of the United States | |||||||||||
| 1819–1836 | |||||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||||
| • Coordinates | 34°44′10″N 92°19′52″W / 34.73611°N 92.33111°W | ||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||
| • Type | Organized incorporated territory | ||||||||||
| President | |||||||||||
• 1819–1825 | James Monroe | ||||||||||
• 1825–1829 | John Quincy Adams | ||||||||||
• 1829–1836 | Andrew Jackson | ||||||||||
| Governor | |||||||||||
• 1819–1824 | James Miller | ||||||||||
• 1825–1828 | George Izard | ||||||||||
• 1829–1835 | John Pope | ||||||||||
• 1835–1836 | William Fulton | ||||||||||
| Legislature | General Assembly | ||||||||||
• Upper house | Legislative Council | ||||||||||
• Lower house | House of Representatives | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| 2 March 1819 | |||||||||||
• Officially became territory | July 4, 1819 | ||||||||||
| June 30, 1834 | |||||||||||
| May 6, 1828 | |||||||||||
• Statehood of Arkansas | 15 June 1836 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | United States | ||||||||||
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| History of Arkansas |
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The Arkansas Territory was a territory of the United States from July 4, 1819, to June 15, 1836, when the final extent of Arkansas Territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Arkansas.[2] Arkansas Post was the first territorial capital (1819–1821) and Little Rock was the second (1821–1836).[3]
- ^ 3 Stat. 493
- ^ "Arkansas". World Statesmen. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
- ^ Lewis, Jerry Dale (2005). My Neck of the Woods: The Lewis Families of Southeastern North Carolina and Northeastern South Carolina. Genealogical Publishing Com. ISBN 9780806352664.
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