10 Facts About Oklahoma Territory

Oklahoma Territory began with the Indian Intercourse Act of 1834 when the United States Congress set aside land for Native Americans.

Oklahoma Territory was indicted for the crime of bringing whiskey into Indian Territory, a federal offense.

Roosevelt recommended that the Indian and Oklahoma Territory Territories be granted joint statehood, which led to Congress passing the Oklahoma Territory Enabling Act to allow this upon writing and ratifying a constitution.

The Sequoyah Constitution served in large part as the basis for the constitution of the State of Oklahoma Territory, which came into being with the merger of the two territories in 1907.

Oklahoma Territory was selected as the Republican nominee to serve as the state's first governor.

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Oklahoma Territory's judiciary consisted of a territorial supreme court made up of three justices, a chief justice and two associate justices.

Oklahoma Territory was divided into seven Judicial Districts in 1902, as follows:.

Oklahoma Territory was entitled to elect one delegate to the United States House of Representatives to serve a two-year term.

When Oklahoma Territory was created in 1890, seven counties were defined and designated numerically.

In 1890, Congress passed the Oklahoma Territory Organic Act, which required the United States attorney general to resolve the boundary issue by filing suit against Texas.