[DOC] [TLE] South Dakota Becomes a State [PAR] Unit 8 - South Dakota Government. ... The people could not check the power of a 
governor by voting. ... This was a problem in Dakota Territory when Nehemiah 
Ordway was governor. ... One plan called for a split down the middle. ... 1889, 
President Harrison signed the law that made both North and South Dakota into 
states. [DOC] [TLE] Nehemiah G. Ordway - Wikipedia [PAR] Nehemiah George Ordway (November 10, 1828  July 3, 1907) was an 
American politician who was a New Hampshire state senator and the seventh 
Governor of Dakota Territory. Ordway was regarded as one of Dakota Territory's 
most controversial ... Nehemiah G. Ordway is the namesake of the community of 
Ordway, South... [DOC] [TLE] The Downfall Dictionary: Nehemiah G. Ordway: doubling Dakota [PAR] Feb 23, 2010 ... The consensus seemed to be that Yankton was located too far south to 
adequately cater ... Ordway was appointed Governor of the Dakota Territory in 
1880 by ... In fact, the authors claimed they could find not one thing amiss with the 
... Sources: The State Historical Society of North Dakota, "A Dakota Bribery... [DOC] [TLE] Exhibits - North Dakota Governors - Nehemiah G. Ordway - the State ... [PAR] Nehemiah G. Ordway North Dakota Governors Online Exhibit - Exhibits - State 
Historical Society of North Dakota. ... terms in New Hampshire Legislature; 1880-
1884: Governor of Dakota Territory ... A south wing was added in 1893 and a 
north [DOC] [TLE] Now You Know: Why Are There Two Dakotas? | TIME [PAR] Jul 14, 2016 ... There used to be just onebut then came politics, trade and population ... So 
why did the two halves of the territory reach statehood separately? ... of North 
Dakota, puts it, the south half did not like the north half. ... sometimes notoriously 
corruptlike Nehemiah Ordway, who moved the capital in 1883. [DOC] [TLE] B. A Capitol Railroad Job - North Dakota Supreme Court [PAR] Governor Nehemiah G. Ordway signed the act into law on March 8, 1883. ... a 
suitable site for the seat of government of the Territory of Dakota, due regard 
being had to ... Not surprisingly, Chief Justice Edgerton, in reviewing his own 
decision, .... as one state and at the same time would be fairly central as a 
location for South... [DOC] [TLE] Politics and Prosperity in Dakota Territory, 1883 - South Dakota ... [PAR] Governor Nehemiah G. Ordway proved the catalyst for ... first large-scale 
organized effort on the part of southern Dakota ... Passions were aroused but not 
sufficiently to secure an enabling act. ... 45 percent of the land of the United 
States, nearly one million acres, was still unsur- ...... Avenue, just north of Park 
Lake, as a site. [DOC] [TLE] Section 2: Re-locating the Capital | North Dakota ... - NDStudies.gov [PAR] Topic 1: Territory and State Boundaries ... When Dakota Territory was established 
in 1861, the capital was located at Yankton in present-day South Dakota. ... 
Territorial governor Nehemiah Ordway, who also had an interest in the NPRR, ... 
met to vote on the new capital, Bismarck received only one vote on the first ballot. [DOC] [TLE] Did You Know That: Why Odessa never became capital of North Dakota ... [PAR] Jun 14, 2015 ... When the townsite was platted, it was hoped that it would become "the county 
seat of ... As settlers began to fan out across the territory, it became difficult, ... 
when Nehemiah Ordway was appointed governor of Dakota Territory in 1880. ... 
One person who shared Ordway's ambition to move the capital was... [DOC] [TLE] Table of Contents A Research Journal of North and South Dakota ... [PAR] Apr 2, 2009 ... A Research Journal of North and South Dakota Postal History ... stallment of 
Contents of the Cover is provided, this one being a reprint of ... State Coin and 
Stamp Show on May 2nd & 3rd. Details .... and was not replaced, for the 1910 
population of forty .... named for Nehemiah G. Ordway, of Warner, New. [DOC] [TLE] First governor Arthur

Question: Nehemiah Ordway, governor of this territory, wanted it to become one big state, not a north & a south one
Answer: Dakota