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March 17, 2011
On October 18, 1820, the newest county formed in the Arkansas Territory was named in honor of Secretary of the Treasury William Harris Crawford of Georgia. Crawfords distinguished political career also included service as a Georgia state legislator, U.S. senator, minister to France, and secretary of war. In 1824, he finished third in one of the most controversial presidential elections in history.