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    The Territory of Iowa was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 4, 1838, until December 28, 1846, when the southeastern...
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    was Robert D. Fulton, who served 16 days. Iowa Territory was formed on July 4, 1838, from Wisconsin Territory. It had four governors appointed by the president...
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  • the Iowa Territory elected a non-voting delegate at-large to Congress from 1838 to 1846. These are tables of congressional delegations from Iowa to the...
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    state of Iowa. The first two counties, Des Moines County and Dubuque County, were created in 1834 when Iowa was still part of the Michigan Territory. In preparation...
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    part of the Iowa Territory in 1838. In that year, 1838, the territorial capital of Wisconsin was moved to Madison. The Wisconsin Territory initially included...
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    University of Iowa. It was the second capital of the Iowa Territory and the first capital city of the State of Iowa; the Old Capitol building is a National Historic...
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    Court of the Territory of Iowa, a federal court with jurisdiction similar to that the Iowa Supreme Court would eventually hold when Iowa achieved statehood...
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    December 21, 1837, as a part of Wisconsin Territory. It became part of Iowa Territory on July 4, 1838, when the territory was organized. Linn County was organized...
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    13, 1846, the legislative body of the Iowa Territory authorized the creation of twelve counties in the Territory, with general descriptions of their boundaries...
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    1846, the legislative body of the Iowa Territory authorized the creation of twelve counties in the Iowa Territory, with general descriptions of their...
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    in eastern Iowa. The fort was abandoned in 1846 after the Sauk and Meskwaki were removed from the state and shifted to the Indian Territory. The Sauk and...
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  • members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Iowa. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States...
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    to Oklahoma Territory, 1896. The Honey Lands; a disputed tract of land between the Territory of Iowa and State of Missouri; to State of Iowa, 1851 District...
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    Like many other states, Iowa takes its name from its predecessor, Iowa Territory, whose name in turn is derived from the Iowa River, and ultimately from...
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  • Party of the Territory of Iowa". Iowa Journal of History and Politics. Vol. 6, no. 1. Iowa City, Iowa: State Historical Society of Iowa. p. 12. Retrieved...
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    Iowa was part of the Iowa Territory from 1838 to 1846. During this time, the territory had a treasurer. Treasurers of Iowa Territory, both from Iowa City...
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    Early Democratic Party of Iowa". Iowa Journal of History and Politics. 6 (1). Iowa City, Iowa: State Historical Society of Iowa: 15. hdl:2027/uc1.31210017304112...
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    Warren County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 52,403. The county seat is Indianola. Warren County...
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    The Iowa Hawkeyes football program represents the University of Iowa in college football. The Hawkeyes compete in the Big Ten Conference. Iowa joined the...
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  • List of former United States counties (category Former regions and territories of the United States)
    1836 and Iowa Territory in 1838, now Dubuque County, Iowa Iowa County, Michigan Territory, organized 1829, transferred to Wisconsin Territory in 1836,...
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    Minnesota Territory was split from Iowa Territory in 1849 and part of the Minnesota Territory became the state of Minnesota in 1858 Dakota Territory was organized...
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    1846, the legislative body of the Indiana Territory authorized creation of twelve counties in the Iowa Territory, with general descriptions of their boundaries...
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    Iowa County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,662. The county seat is Marengo. Iowa County is...
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    an estimated 5,000 settlers living in the Territory. There were no roads from adjoining Wisconsin or Iowa. The easiest access to the region was via waterway...
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    comprehensive act. It was named for James Clarke, a Governor of the Iowa Territory. The first courthouse for Clarke County was a wood frame two–story structure...
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    war, the tribe relocated several times from Illinois to Iowa, Kansas, and finally Indian Territory in the 1870s. Their current lands were part of the larger...
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    Party of the Territory of Iowa". Iowa Journal of History and Politics. Vol. 6, no. 1. Iowa City, Iowa: State Historical Society of Iowa. p. 10. Retrieved...
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    Wisconsin Territory. Henry County was formed on December 7, 1836, under the jurisdiction of Wisconsin Territory, and became a part of Iowa Territory when the...
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    session of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Michigan Territory held in September 1834, the Iowa District was divided into two counties by running a line...
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    State of Iowa, presented chronologically. All redistricting events that took place in Iowa between 1973 and 2013 are shown. Iowa Territory's at-large...
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