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Arkansas Territory | |||||||||||
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Organized incorporated territory of the United States | |||||||||||
1819–1836 | |||||||||||
Capital |
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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 |
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]