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September 13, 1836
James Sevier Conway, Arkansas’s first governor, was inaugurated. During his tenure, the population of Arkansas expanded greatly, bringing in a revenue surplus from all the tax collections, though his revision of the tax code plunged the state into economic turmoil. Further controversy ensued with regard to the establishment of a state bank and his dealings with the state militia; this and ill health led Conway not to seek a second term.