Arkansas: Polity Style: 1819-2024 |
| 4 Jul 1819 |
part of the Missouri Territory is constituted as a separate territory of the United States under the name of the Arkansaw territory in accordance with an act passed by the Congress of the United States (House of Representatives on 20 Feb 1819, Senate on 1 Mar 1819), signed into law on 2 Mar 1819, effective on 4 Jul 1819 (Statutes at Large, 3:493-496) [1] |
| 4 Jul 1819 - 15 Jun 1836 |
Territory of Arkansas [2] |
| 15 Jun 1836 |
the Constitution of the State of Arkansas (adopted by the Convention of the Territory of Arkansas on 29 Jan 1836) is approved, Arkansas is admitted to the United States under the name of the State of Arkansas in accordance with an act passed by the Congress of the United States (Senate on 4 Apr 1836, House of Representatives on 13 Jun 1836), signed into law on 15 Jun 1836 (Statutes at Large, 5:50-52) [3] |
| 15 Jun 1836 - |
State of Arkansas |
| 6 May 1861 |
Arkansas seceded from the United States in accordance with an ordinance passed by the Convention on 6 May 1861 (Arkansas Convention 1861, pp. 121-124; Arkansas Ordinances 1861, pp. 3-6) |
| 20 May 1861 |
Arkansas is admitted to the Confederate States of America in accordance with an act passed by the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States on 18 May 1861 and signed into law on 20 May 1861 (Confederate Congress Journal, 1:244; Confederate Statutes at Large, p. 120) [4] |
| 11 Apr 1864 |
the ordinance of secession is declared null and void in accordance with the Constitution of the State of Arkansas of 1864 (effective upon the publication of the results of the referendum by a proclamation of the Provisional Governor of the State of Arkansas dated 11 Apr 1864) (National Democrat, 11 Apr 1864) |
| 22 Jun 1868 |
Arkansas is re-admitted to representation in the Congress of the United States in accordance with an act passed by the Congress of the United States (House of Representatives on 8 May 1868, Senate on 1 Jun 1868, vetoed by the President of the United States on 20 Jun 1868, veto is overridden: House of Representatives on 20 Jun 1868, Senate on 22 Jun 1868) (Statutes at Large, 15:72-73) [5] |
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| [1] |
Full title: An act establishing a separate territorial government, in the southern part of the territory of Missouri. |
| [2] |
The spelling used in the act of the United States Congress of 2 Mar 1819 was "Arkansaw territory." The same definition was used in the commissions of territorial governors issued by the President of the United States in 1819, 1825, 1828 and 1829. |
| [3] |
Full title: An Act for the admission of the State of Arkansas into the Union, and to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United States, within the same, and for other purposes. |
| [4] |
Full title: An Act to admit the State of Arkansas into the Confederacy. |
| [5] |
Full title: An Act to admit the State of Arkansas to Representation in Congress. |
