May 31, 1825

George Izard arrived in Arkansas after serving in the War of 1812 to start his new position as Arkansas’s second territorial governor. Hoping for a foreign diplomatic post, Izard had had to be persuaded to accept the nomination by James Monroe to be territorial governor. The U.S. Senate confirmed his appointment on March 3, 1825, and he was commissioned the next day. Izard found territorial government unorganized, undisciplined, and lacking adequate record keeping; he also found the acting governor, Robert Crittenden, out of state. A man of order and discipline, he immediately set about the task of establishing record keeping and rectifying the state’s financial disorder.

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