Arizona Organic Act

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The Arizona Organic Act was an 1863 U.S. federal law that organized the Arizona Territory as a separate political entity with its own territorial government.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Arizona Organic Act canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal law ⓘ
organic act ⓘ
aimedAt organizing Arizona as a separate political entity ⓘ
providing a framework for local self-government in Arizona Territory ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Arizona Territory ⓘ
chamber United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dateEnacted 1863 ⓘ
definesTerritory Arizona Territory ⓘ
describedBySource United States Statutes at Large ⓘ
historical works on Arizona statehood ⓘ
enactedBy 38th United States Congress ⓘ
establishedGovernmentType territorial government ⓘ
field constitutional law ⓘ
public law ⓘ
territorial law ⓘ
followed earlier proposals to divide New Mexico Territory ⓘ
grantedPower appointment of territorial governor ⓘ
creation of territorial legislature ⓘ
establishment of territorial courts ⓘ
hasConsequences formalization of U.S. governance in Arizona region ⓘ
increased settlement in Arizona Territory ⓘ
hasEffect creation of Arizona Territory ⓘ
separation of Arizona Territory from New Mexico Territory ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver executive branch of Arizona Territory ⓘ
judicial branch of Arizona Territory ⓘ
legislative branch of Arizona Territory ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century United States law ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalForm statute ⓘ
legalStatus organized incorporated territory ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
locationOfDrafting Washington, D.C. ⓘ
partOf United States territorial expansion laws ⓘ
pointInTime 1863 ⓘ
precededBy unorganized territorial administration in western New Mexico Territory ⓘ
regulates organization of counties in Arizona Territory ⓘ
powers of the territorial governor of Arizona ⓘ
territorial elections in Arizona Territory ⓘ
relatedTo Arizona Territory ⓘ
New Mexico Territory ⓘ
Territorial evolution of the United States ⓘ
relevantTo American Civil War era ⓘ
Union control of the Southwest ⓘ
signedBy Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
subjectOf history of Arizona Territory ⓘ
history of the American West ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arizona Territory → createdBy → Arizona Organic Act ⓘ
Arizona–Utah border → definedByInstrument → Arizona Organic Act ⓘ