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July 31, 2009
Maryland native William Savin Fulton was the last of Arkansass four territorial governors. Fulton, a veteran of the War of 1812 and the First Seminole War, was appointed territorial secretary in 1829 by his friend President Andrew Jackson. Jackson then appointed him territorial governor in 1835, and he served until statehood in 1836. He is shown here in his official territorial governors portrait.