* Fulton County, Arkansas, named after Governor William Savin Fulton

William Savin Fulton ( June 2, 1795 – August 15, 1844 ) was an American lawyer and politician from Little Rock, Arkansas.

* William Savin Fulton at Find A Grave

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Bill Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe, III, at Julia Chester Hospital in Hope, Arkansas.

He spent the summer of 1967, the summer before his senior year, interning for Arkansas Senator J. William Fulbright.

The William J. Clinton Presidential Center and Park in Little Rock, Arkansas was dedicated in 2004.

Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas pointed out as late as 1966, " The very word ' Yankee ' still wakens in Southern minds historical memories of defeat and humiliation, of the burning of Atlanta and Sherman's march to the sea, or of an ancestral farmhouse burned by Cantrill's raiders.

The extreme pro-slavery " Fire-Eater " William Lowndes Yancey and the Alabama delegation first left the hall, followed by the delegates of Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, three of the four delegates from Arkansas, and one of the three delegates from Delaware.

One of his childhood friends was J. William Fulbright, the future United States Senator from Arkansas and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

* Bill Clinton, or William Jefferson " Bill " Clinton ( born William Jefferson Blythe III ), the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001, and former Governor of Arkansas

Their children were born on his family's plantation near Timber Ridge Church, including Sam Houston on March 2, 1793, the fifth of nine children and the fifth son born: Children-Paxton 1783, Robert 1787, James 1788, John Paxton 1790 ( first clerk of Izard County, Arkansas 1819-1838 ), Samuel 1793, William 1794, Isabella 1796, Mary Blair 1797, and Elizabeth Ann 1800.

* William J. Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Arkansas

Woodruff County is Arkansas's 54th county, formed on November 26, 1862, and named for William E. Woodruff, founder of the state's first newspaper, the Arkansas Gazette.

Arkansas Industrial University was founded in the growing community of Fayetteville in 1871 after William McIlroy a donated farmland for the site.

Sebastian County is Arkansas's 56th county, formed on January 6, 1851, and named for William Sebastian, United States Senator from Arkansas.

Fulton County was formed on December 21, 1842, and named for William Fulton, the last governor of the Arkansas Territory.

* William F. Slemons – U. S. Representative from Arkansas ( 1875 – 1881 )

Thornton is a former U. S. Representative, lawyer, Arkansas Supreme Court justice, university president, and currently is the Public Service Fellow for the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law.

Thornton is a former U. S. Representative, lawyer, Arkansas Supreme Court justice, university president, and currently is the Public Service Fellow for the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law.

* William R. Miller, first native-born governor of Arkansas, born in Batesville 1823

William Lee Cazort, the youngest ever Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives and youngest ever President of the Arkansas State Senate, attended public school in Lamar before moving to Fort Smith.

* Charles William ( Bill ) Richardson ( 1944-), Arkansas Democratic Company ; Owner of major construction company, CWR Construction Inc. based in North Little Rock, AR 1974

* William Meade Fishback-17th Governor of Arkansas and U. S. Senator-Elect for Arkansas

Thus at the same time that William Henry Harrison was preparing to pacify the aborigines of Indiana Territory and winning fame at the battle of Tippecanoe, Anglo-Saxon settlement made a great leap into the center of the North American continent to the west of the American agricultural frontier.

In 1804 Jefferson appointed Meriwether Lewis and William Clark as leaders of the expedition ( 1804 – 1806 ), which explored the Louisiana Territory and beyond, producing a wealth of scientific and geographical knowledge, and ultimately contributing to the European-American settlement of the West.

Michigan Territory governor, Lewis Cass ( 1813 – 1831 ) As a result, Tiffin employed surveyor William Harris to survey not the Ordinance Line, but the line as described in the Ohio Constitution of 1802.

* March 19 – William Pope Duval, first civilian governor of Florida Territory ( b. 1784 )

* August 1 – William Clark, explorer, Governor of Missouri Territory, and Superintendent of Indian Affairs ( d. 1838 )

* September 4 – William Pope Duval, first civilian governor of Florida Territory ( d. 1854 )

Firstly, the trenchant opposition of the Quakers to slavery had a contributing effect to the improvements in the treatment of slaves within the Territory ( the exceptional case of Arthur William Hodge notwithstanding ) compared to other Caribbean islands, and to the large number of free blacks within the islands.

While it is commonly accepted that Herschel Island ( in the Arctic Ocean, part of the Yukon Territory ) was named after him, the entries in the expedition journal of Sir John Franklin state that the latter wished to honour the Herschel name, about which John Herschel ’ s father ( Sir William Herschel ) and his aunt ( Caroline Herschel ) constitute two other notable members of this family.

The Cherokee in Missouri Territory increased rapidly in population, from 1, 000 to 6, 000 over the next year ( 1816 – 1817 ), according to reports by Governor William Clark.

* William H. Clagett, U. S. Representative from Montana Territory

That same year, Governor William Henry Harrison of the Indiana Territory appointed Kinzie as a justice of the peace.

Duval County was established in 1822, and is named for William Pope DuVal, Governor of Florida Territory from 1822 to 1834.

It was named for William Pope DuVal, Governor of Florida Territory from 1822 to 1834.

Harrison's son, Benjamin Harrison V, a signer of the American Declaration of Independence and a Governor of Virginia, was born at Berkeley Plantation, as was his son William Henry Harrison, a war hero in the Battle of Tippecanoe, governor of Indiana Territory, and ninth President of the United States.

Campbell County was named either for John Allen Campbell, a governor of the Wyoming Territory or for Robert Campbell, an early trapper, who was a fur trader associated with William Henry Ashley.

The county was named after William Rufus King who was Vice-President when the Washington Territory was created.

The county was formed out of territory within Thurston County on December 22, 1852, by the Oregon Territory legislature, and was named after Alabama resident William R. King, who had just been elected Vice President of the United States under President Franklin Pierce.

Explorers William Clark and his slave York were members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition ( 1803 – 1805 ), and William's older brother, General George Rogers Clark -- conqueror of the old Northwest Territory and Revolutionary War hero.

* William C. Pool, Bosque Territory ( Kyle, Texas: Chaparral, 1964 ).

The new county was named for the governor of the Southwest Territory, William Blount, and its county seat, Maryville, was named for his wife Mary Grainger Blount.

Beadle County, named in honor of Brigadier General William Henry Harrison Beadle, was created by the Dakota Territory Legislature in 1879 and formally organized in 1880 with the appointment of three county commissioners by Governor Nehemiah G. Ordway.

It was named after William A. Richardson, a governor of the Nebraska Territory.

The county was organized December 16, 1836 and named for William Clark, leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and later Governor of Missouri Territory.

The county is named after William Claiborne, the second governor of the Mississippi Territory.

On January 14, 1803, the Governor of Indiana Territory, William Henry Harrison, issued a similar proclamation defining the boundaries as beginning at a point where an east and west line passing through the southernmost extreme of Lake Michigan would intersect a north and south line, passing through the westernmost extreme of the lake, then north to the territorial boundary, then along said boundary line to a point where an east and west line passing through the southerly extreme of Lake Michigan would intersect the same, then along this last mentioned line to the place of beginning.