Arkansas Territory

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Arkansas Territory
Organized incorporated territory of the United States
1819–1836
Flag of the United States (1822–1836) Seal (1835 design)
Capital	Arkansas Post (1819–1821) Little Rock (1821–1836)
Area
• Coordinates	34°44′10″N 92°19′52″W / 34.73611°N 92.33111°W / 34.73611; -92.33111
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
• Affirmed by Congress[1]	2 March 1819
• Officially became territory	July 4, 1819
• Indian Trade and Intercourse Act	June 30, 1834
• Treaty of Washington	May 6, 1828
• Statehood of Arkansas	15 June 1836
Preceded by Succeeded by Missouri Territory Arkansas Unorganized territory
Today part of	United States Arkansas Oklahoma

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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]