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Major events. April 30, 1836: Henry Dodge was appointed the first Governor of the Wisconsin Territory. October 10, 1836: George Wallace Jones elected delegate to the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin Territory's at-large congressional district.
The Territory of Wisconsin was an organized and incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 3, 1836, [1] until May 29, 1848, when an eastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Wisconsin.
5 mar 2022 · Wisconsin Governor Alexander Randall asked “all patriotic citizens” to organize themselves into militia companies for service in defending the Union. From 1861 to 1865, more than 91,000 Wisconsin residents served in 50 infantry regiments, one cavalry regiment and eight artillery batteries.
The Territorial Era: 1787-1848. A Short History of Wisconsin. When the fledgling United States took legal possession of Wisconsin lands at the close of the Revolutionary War, few seemed to care. The new American government had more important priorities than the remote Wisconsin frontier.
Historical Essay. The Creation of Wisconsin Territory. A Plot of Land Becomes a City. Enlarge. James Duane Doty, 1856. Quarter-length oval portrait of James Duane Doty, who was a Wisconsin judge, territorial governor, congressman, and land speculator. View the original source document: WHI 10020.
The Fourth Legislative Assembly of the Wisconsin Territory convened from December 5, 1842, to April 17, 1843, from December 4, 1843, to January 31, 1844, from January 6, 1845, to February 24, 1845, and from January 5, 1846, to February 3, 1846, in regular session.
AN ACT relating to the militia, and publics defense of the territory of Wisconsin. TITLE L Who subject to SEcriort 1. Be it enacted by the council and house of representatives of the territory of Wisconsin, That all able bodied free white male inhabitants, between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, resident in this terri-
