The U.S. House of Representatives, now devoid…

February 1863 CE

The U.S. House of Representatives, now devoid of the southern delegates and controlled by Republicans, had passed a bill in March 1862 to create the United States Arizona Territory using the north-south border of the 107th meridian.

The use of a north-south border rather than an east-west one had the effect of denying a de facto ratification of the Confederate Arizona Territory.

The house bill had stipulated that Tucson was to be the capital.

The final bill is passed the Senate in February 1863 without the Tucson-as-capital stipulation, and is signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on February 24, the date of the official organization of the US Arizona Territory.

 

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Fort Whipple Yavapai Arizona United States View →

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