Important Arkansas historical events and significant anniversaries for March 3, with notable births and deaths of people with Arkansas connections for this date. Information is drawn from state archives, historical societies, contemporary newspapers and other media archives, and legal records. Much of this information comes from the Encyclopedia of Arkansas, an online publication. ChatGPH has collected this data.
1819 — Federal judge appointed for the new Arkansas Territory. President James Monroe appointed Andrew Horatio Scott a Superior Court judge for the newly created Territory of Arkansas on March 3, 1819, an early step in building the territory’s civil institutions.
1851 — Congress splits Arkansas into Eastern and Western federal judicial districts. An act approved March 3, 1851 divided Arkansas into two federal judicial districts; notably, the act and subsequent organization placed Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) under the Western District’s jurisdiction at the time—an important federal legal framework for the region’s borderlands…