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The 1860 United States census was the eighth census conducted in the United States starting June 1, 1860, and lasting five months. It determined the population of the United States to be 31,443,321 [1] in 33 states and 10 organized territories. This was an increase of 35.6 percent [1] over the 23,191,876 [2] persons enumerated during the 1850 ...
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).
1835 map of the United States just prior to the admission of Arkansas in 1836 and its free state "twin," Michigan, in 1837 Runaway slave ads describing freedom seekers from Plum Bayou, Arkansas (True Democrat, Little Rock, Ark., May 26, 1860) The history of slavery in Arkansas began in the 1790s, before the Louisiana Purchase made the land ...
Arkansas, Union counties, then from Chicot County (prior to 1880), and Lincoln (prior 1930) Benjamin Desha, a soldier in the War of 1812: 10,479: 819.52 sq mi (2,123 km 2) Drew County: 043: Monticello: Nov 26, 1846: Bradley, Chicot, Desha, Union counties: Thomas S. Drew (1802–1879), 3rd Governor of Arkansas 16,945: 835.65 sq mi (2,164 km 2 ...
This is a list of sovereign states in the 1860s, giving an overview of states around the world during the period between 1 January 1860 and 31 December 1869. It contains entries, arranged alphabetically, with information on the status and recognition of their sovereignty .
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The presidential election of 1860 was an important inflection point in Arkansas politics. Given the distasteful policies of Abraham Lincoln and the Republican Party to many southerners, the election became a three-horse race: Southern Democratic candidate 14th Vice President of the United States John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky, Constitutional Union candidate Senator John Bell of Tennessee ...
In the realigning 1860 election, Arkansas was one of the ten slave states that did not provide ballot access to the Republican nominee, Abraham Lincoln. [2] Subsequently, John C. Breckinridge won the state by a comfortable margin, becoming the first third party candidate to win Arkansas. [3]