Arkansas Territory

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

Capital
Area
 • Coordinates34°44′10″N 92°19′52″W / 34.73611°N 92.33111°W / 34.73611; -92.33111
Government
 • TypeOrganized 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
LegislatureGeneral Assembly
• Upper house
Legislative Council
• Lower house
House of Representatives
History 
• Affirmed by Congress[1]
2 March 1819
• Officially became territory
July 4, 1819
June 30, 1834
May 6, 1828
• Statehood of Arkansas
15 June 1836
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Missouri Territory
Arkansas
Unorganized territory
Today part ofUnited States

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]

  1. ^ Stat. 493
  2. ^ "Arkansas". World Statesmen. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  3. ^ 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.