Important Arkansas historical events and significant anniversaries for June 22, 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.
1868 — Arkansas was readmitted to the Union. Congress restored Arkansas to representation under Reconstruction after adoption of the 1868 Constitution, including Black male suffrage; the U.S. Senate notes Arkansas was the first former Confederate state admitted under Reconstruction terms.
1868 — Arkansas’s U.S. senators returned to Congress. Alexander McDonald and Benjamin F. Rice were sworn in on June 22 after readmission…