Arizona Territory Timeline

Year United States Highlights Arizona Territory Highlights Year
1803 Louisana Purchase
1821 Independence of Mexico
1845 President James K. Polk, Dem.
Sec. of State James Buchanan
United States War with Mexico
Kearney Proclamation for the
New Mexico Territory
Kearney Code
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
California Gold Rush
1849 President Zachary Taylor, Whig
Sec. of State John M. Clayton
Sec. of Interior Thomas Ewing
1850 President Millard Filmore, Whig
Sec. of State Daniel Webster
1852 Sec. of State Edward Everett
Sec. of Interior A. H. Stuart
Compromise of 1850
New Mexico Territory
1853 President Franklin Pierce, Dem.
Sec. of State W. L. Marcy
Sec. of Interior Rbt. McClelland
Gadsden Purchase
1857 President James Buchanan, Dem.
Sec. of State Lewis Cass
Sec. of Interior Jacob Thompson
Pikes Peak Gold Rush
1860 Sec. of State J. S. Black
1861 President Abraham Lincoln, Rep.
Sec. of State W.H. Seward
Sec. of Interior Caleb Smith
War Between the States Arizona Territory
1863 Sec. of Interior John P. Usher
1863 Sec. of Interior John P. Usher Gov. John A. Gurley Gov. John N. Goodwin
Sec. Richard C. McCormick
Del. Charlies D. Poston
1863
Del. Charlies D. Poston 1864
1865 President Andrew Johnson, Union
Sec. of State Wm. H. Seward
Sec. of Interior John P. Usher
Sec. of Interior James Harlan
Del. John N. Goodwin 1865
1866 Sec. of Interior O. H. Browning Gov. Richard C. McCormick
Sec. James P. T. Carter
Del. Coles Bashford
1866
1869 President Ulysses S. Grant, Rep.
Sec. of State E. B. Washburne
Sec. of State Hamilton Fish
Sec. of Interior Jacob D. Cox
Gov. A. P. K. Safford
Sec. Coles Bashford
Del. R. C. McCormick
1869
1870 Sec. of Interior C. Delano
1875 Sec. of Interior Zach. Chandler Del. Hiram S. Stevens 1875
Sec. John P. Hoyt 1876
1877 President Rutherford D. Hayes, Rep.
Sec. of State W. M. Evarts
Sec. of Interior Carl Schurz
Gov. John P. Hoyt
Sec. John J. Gosper
1877
Gov. John C. Fremont 1878
Del. John G. Campbell 1879
1881 President James A. Garfield, Rep.
Sec. of State James G. Blaine
Sec. of Interior S. J. Kirkwood
1881 President Chester A. Arthur, Rep.
Sec of State F. T. Frelinghuyson
Sec of Interior Henery M. Teller
Del. Granville H. Oury 1881
Gov. Frederick A. Tritle
Sec. H. M. Van Arman
1882
1st. Territorial Fair, Phoenix 1884
1885 President Grover Cleveland, Dem.
Sec. of State Thomas F. Bayard
Sec. of Interior L. Q. C. Lamar
Gov. Conrad M. Zulick
Sec. James Bayard
Del. Curtis C. Bean
1885
Del. Marcus A. Smith 1887
1889 President B. Harrison, Rep.
Sec. of State James G. Blaine
Sec. of Interior John W. Noble
Gov. Lewis Wolfey
Capitol moved to Phoenix
1889
Gov. John Irwin 1890
1892 Sec. of State John W. Foster Gov. Nathan O. Murphy
Sec. Nathan A. Morford
1892
1893 President Grover Cleveland, Dem.
Sec. of State W. Q. Gresham
Sec. of Interior Holk Smith
Gov. Louis C. Hughes
Sec. Charles M. Bruce
1893
1895 Sec. of State Richard Olney
Sec. of Interior D. R. Francis
De. Nathan O. Murphy 1895
Gov. Benjamin Franklin 1896
1897 President William McKinley, Rep.
Sec. of State John Sherman
Sec. of State Wm. R. Day
Sec. of Interior C. N. Bliss
Gov. Myron H. McCord Sec. Charles H. Akers
Del. Marcus A. Smith
1897
1898 Sec. of State John Hay Gov. Nathan O. Murphy 1898
1899 Sec. of Interior E. A. Hitchcock Del. John F. Wilson 1899
Capitol Building Opened 1900
1901 President Theodore Roosevelt, Rep.
Sec. of State John Hay
Sec. Isaac T. Stoddard
Del. Marcus A. Smith
1901
Gov. Alexander O. Brodie 1902
Del. John F. Wilson 1903
Sec. William F. Nichols 1904
1905 Sec. of State Elihu Root Gov. Joseph H. Kibbey
Del. Marcus A. Smith
1905
1907 Sec. of Interior J. R. Garfield
Sec. John H. Page 1908
1909 Sec. of State Robert Bacon
1909 President William H. Taft, Rep.
Sec. of State P. C. Knox
Sec. of Interior R. A. Ballinger
Gov. Richard E. Sloan
Sec. George U. Young
Del. Ralph H. C. Cameron
1909
Organic Act of N. M. and Arizona Constitutional Convention 1910
1911 Sec. of Interior W. L. Fisher

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