Isaac Murphy
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Isaac Murphy was a native of Pennsylvania, a teacher and lawyer who moved to Fayetteville, Arkansas with his wife and child in 1834. He continued to teach and also became active in politics. Murphy is
Portrait of 8th Governor of Arkansas Isaac Murphy
Arkansas secession
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The U.S. state of Arkansas seceded from the Union on May 6, 1861. The ninth state to join the Confederacy, it was admitted on May 18, 1861.
Isaac Murphy
…War. When the secession crisis swept the State in February 1861, Murphy was elected by 85% on a Unionist platform to represent Madison County at the Secession Convention; his county voted to remain in the Union. When Fort Sumter, South Carolina, was fired on and President Abraham Lincoln called for troops from Arkansas…
The Arsenal Grounds at Little Rock
The State House, seat of the State Convention