Arkansas Territory
| 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 | ||||||||||
| • Motto | "Regnat populi" (Latin) "The people reign." | ||||||||||
| 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 | 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. Arkansas Post was the first territorial capital (1819–1821) and Little Rock was the second (1821–1836).