Wallace ran an unsuccessful campaign for delegate from Iowa Territory in 1843.

He served as the first Governor of Iowa Territory from 1838 to 1841.

Then, in 1840, he moved to the Iowa Territory and opened his law practice.

The western and southern areas of the state were not formally organized until 1838, when they became part of the Iowa Territory.

On July 4, 1838 the area would become the Iowa Territory.

He then moved to the Iowa Territory in 1846 and became a minister.

Still later, Clarke was named the third and last governor of the Iowa Territory.

The organic laws were based on the laws of Iowa Territory.

Because his business caused him to travel to many parts of the Iowa Territory, Briggs became well known.

His family moved as homesteaders to the Iowa Territory.