Arizona Territory
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This article is about the U.S./Union territory (1863–1912). For the C.S. territory (1861–1865), see Confederate Arizona. For the U.S. state (1912–present), see Arizona.
The Territory of Arizona, commonly known as the Arizona Territory, was a territory of the United States that existed from February 24, 1863,[1] until February 14, 1912, when the remaining extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the state of Arizona. It was created from the western half of the New Mexico Territory during the American Civil War.
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Territory of Arizona | |||||||||||||
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Organized incorporated territory of the United States | |||||||||||||
1863–1912 | |||||||||||||
Map of the Arizona and New Mexico Territories, showing existing counties | |||||||||||||
Capital | Fort Whipple (1863–64) Prescott (1864–67) Tucson (1867–77) Prescott (1877–89) Phoenix (1889– ) | ||||||||||||
Government | |||||||||||||
• Type | Organized incorporated territory | ||||||||||||
Governor | |||||||||||||
• 1863–1866 | John Noble Goodwin | ||||||||||||
• 1909–1912 | Richard Elihu Sloan | ||||||||||||
Legislature | Arizona Territorial Legislature | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
February 24, 1863 | |||||||||||||
February 14, 1912 | |||||||||||||
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