Arkansas. Supreme Court

On 15 June 1836, after an all-night congressional debate on the slavery question, President Andrew Jackson signed a bill to admit the State of Arkansas to the Union, effective the Fourth of July. Article VI, Section 1, of the Arkansas Constitution of 1836 vested the judicial power of the State "in one Supreme Court, in Circuit Courts, in County Courts and in Justices of the Peace." Section 2 declared that the Supreme Court would consist of three judges, including a Chief Justice, who would "have appellate jurisdiction only."