The Territory of Mississippi was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that was created under an organic act signed into law by President...

governor is Republican Tate Reeves, who took office January 14, 2020. Mississippi Territory was organized on April 7, 1798, from land ceded to the federal government...

include the Chickasaw and Choctaw. Other tribes who inhabited the territory of Mississippi (and whose names were honored by colonists in local towns) include...

Republicans and 1 Democrat. On April 7, 1798, the Mississippi Territory was created. Starting in 1801, the Territory sent one non-voting delegate to the U.S. House...

of the United States. The Alabama Territory was carved from the Mississippi Territory on August 15, 1817 and lasted until December 14, 1819, when it was...

Upon its creation in 1798, the Mississippi Territory was given a government which included a governor. Mississippi was given statehood in 1817. Its...

town of Cotton Gin Port, Mississippi. Afterwards, he took a leave of absence from the army to practice law in Mississippi Territory. While practicing law...

slavery in Mississippi began when the region was still Mississippi Territory and continued until abolition in 1865. The U.S. state of Mississippi had one...

Nittakechi's District (Mississippi/Alabama) Platte Purchase; $7,500; purchased 1836; Missouri Saginaw Cession; ceded 1819; Michigan Territory (eventually Michigan)...

Tribes of the Southeast. Other tribes who inhabited the territory that became known as Mississippi (and whose names were given by colonists to local towns...