[PAR] [TLE] Randolph County, Arkansas [SEP] Randolph County is located between the Ozark Mountains and Arkansas Delta in the U.S. state of Arkansas.  The county is named for John Randolph, a U.S. senator from Virginia influential in obtaining congressional approval of the Louisiana Purchase, which includes today's Randolph County.  Created as Arkansas's 32nd county on October 29, 1835, Randolph County has two incorporated cities, including Pocahontas, the county seat and most populous city.  The county is also the site of numerous unincorporated communities and ghost towns. [PAR] [TLE] Louisiana Purchase [SEP] The Louisiana Purchase (French: "Vente de la Louisiane" "Sale of Louisiana") was the acquisition of the Louisiana territory (828,000 square miles or 2.14 million km²) by the United States from France in 1803.  The U.S. paid fifty million francs ($11,250,000 USD) and a cancellation of debts worth eighteen million francs ($3,750,000 USD) for a total of sixty-eight million francs ($15,000,000 USD, or around $250m in 2016 dollars).  The Louisiana territory included land from fifteen present U.S. states and two Canadian provinces.  The territory contained land that forms Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska; the portion of Minnesota west of the Mississippi River; a large portion of North Dakota; a large portion of South Dakota; the northeastern section of New Mexico; the northern portion of Texas; the area of Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado east of the Continental Divide; Louisiana west of the Mississippi River (plus New Orleans); and small portions of land within the present Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan.  Its non-native population was around 60,000 inhabitants, of whom half were African slaves.
[PAR] [TLE] Randolph County , Arkansas [ SEP ] Randolph County is located between the Ozark Mountains and Arkansas Delta in the U.S. state of Arkansas . The county is named for John Randolph , a U.S. senator from Virginia influential in obtaining congressional approval of the Louisiana Purchase , which includes today 's Randolph County . Created as Arkansas 's 32nd county on October 29 , 1835 , Randolph County has two incorporated cities , including Pocahontas , the county seat and most populous city . The county is also the site of numerous unincorporated communities and ghost towns . [PAR] [TLE] Louisiana Purchase [ SEP ] The Louisiana Purchase ( French : " Vente de la Louisiane " " Sale of Louisiana " ) was the acquisition of the Louisiana territory ( 828,000 square miles or 2.14 million km² ) by the United States from France in 1803 . The U.S. paid fifty million francs ( $ 11,250,000 USD ) and a cancellation of debts worth eighteen million francs ( $ 3,750,000 USD ) for a total of sixty - eight million francs ( $ 15,000,000 USD , or around $ 250 m in 2016 dollars ) . The Louisiana territory included land from fifteen present U.S. states and two Canadian provinces . The territory contained land that forms Arkansas , Missouri , Iowa , Oklahoma , Kansas , and Nebraska ; the portion of Minnesota west of the Mississippi River ; a large portion of North Dakota ; a large portion of South Dakota ; the northeastern section of New Mexico ; the northern portion of Texas ; the area of Montana , Wyoming , and Colorado east of the Continental Divide ; Louisiana west of the Mississippi River ( plus New Orleans ) ; and small portions of land within the present Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan . Its non - native population was around 60,000 inhabitants , of whom half were African slaves .
Who obtained congressional approval of the acquisition of the Louisiana territory by the United States from France?
Who obtained congressional approval of the acquisition of the Louisiana territory by the United States from France ?
John Randolph
John Randolph