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The Territory of Wisconsin was an organized and incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 3, 1836, [1] until May 29, 1848, when an eastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Wisconsin.
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Wisconsin was successively part of the original Northwest (1788-1800), Indiana (1800-1809), Illinois (1809-1818) and Michigan (1818-1836) territories before it became a territory in its own right from 1836 until it became a state in 1848. By 1818 the boundaries of the Michigan Territory had been extended westward to the Mississippi River. Three cou...
By 1835, the population of these three counties had grown sufficiently for Wisconsin to be authorized as a new territory. James Duane Doty, a Wisconsin land speculator who was the state's representative in the Michigan legislature, led this effort. On July 4, 1836, the Wisconsin Territory was born. President Andrew Jackson appointed General Henry D...
Doty had traveled to the land office in Green Bay in April 1836 and purchased 1,000 acres where downtown Madison now stands. He soon found a third partner who put in another 360 acres and the trio formed a corporation with 24 shares worth $100 each. On his way to Belmont that fall, Doty engaged surveyor John Suydam to quickly assess the site and ma...
Government surveyors had already laid out the township and section lines, but the city proper still needed to be platted. Doty hired a young New Yorker named Franklin Hatheway for that work. In the summer of 1837 the city began to take shape on an isthmus between two lakes. The capitol grounds were established atop the highest hill, major streets w...
Explore the Turning Points in Wisconsin History Collection [Sources: Wyman, Mark. The Wisconsin Frontier (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, c1998). The History of Wisconsin: volume 1, From Exploration to Statehood by Alice E. Smith. (Madison, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1973)]
Wisconsin was successively part of the original Northwest Territory (1788-1800), Indiana Territory (1800-1809), Illinois Territory (1809-1818), and Michigan Territory (1818-1836) before it became a territory in its own right (1836-1848).
1836. The Territory of Wisconsin was organized April 20, by act of Congress. Henry Dodge was appointed governor and on July 4, with John S. Horner of Virginia as secretary and Charles Dunn, David Irvin, and William C. Frazier as supreme court justices.
Apr 20, 2017 · James Duane Doty (1799-1865), a Wisconsin land speculator, led the effort to create the Wisconsin Territory.
Jun 9, 2023 · James Duane Doty, who invested in Wisconsin land and was a representative in the Michigan legislature, led the campaign to create the Wisconsin Territory. During April 1836, the U.S. Congress debated the boundaries, infrastructure, and funds for the proposed Wisconsin Territory.
The Wisconsin Territory was not formed by act of Congress until 1836. It was a part of the Northwest Territory beginning in 1787, the Indiana Territory in 1800, the Illinois Territory in 1809, and the Michigan Territory in 1818.
