What is New Mexico Territory?
{{Infobox Former Subdivision |native_name = |conventional_long_name = Territory of New Mexico |common_name = New Mexico Territory |nation = the [[United States]] |subdivision = [[Organized incorporated territories of the United States|Organized incorporated territory]] |event_start = [[Organic Act]] (part of [[Compromise of 1850]]) |date_start = September 9 |year_start = 1850 |event_end = [[New Mexico|Statehood]] |date_end = January 6 |year_end = 1912 |event1 = [[Gadsden Purchase]] |date_event1 = June 24 1853 |event2 = [[Colorado Organic Act|Colorado Territory]] established |date_event2 = February 28 1861 |event3 = [[Arizona Organic Act|Arizona Territory]] established |date_event3 = February 24 1863 |event_pre = [[Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo]] |date_pre = May 30 1848 |p1 = U.S. provisional government of New Mexico |flag_p1 = US flag 30 stars.svg |p2 = Republic of Texas |flag_p2 = Flag of Texas.svg |s1 = New Mexico |flag_s1 = Flag of New Mexico (1912–1925).svg |s2 = Arizona Territory |flag_s2 = Flag of Arizona.svg |s3 = Colorado |flag_s3 = Flag of Colorado (1911–1964).svg |s4 = Nevada |flag_s4 = Flag of Nevada (1905-1915).svg |image_flag = US flag 45 stars.svg |image_coat = New Mexico territory coat of arms (illustrated, 1876).jpg |symbol = |symbol_type = |image_map = AZ-NM1867.jpg |image_map_caption = A map of the later [[United States|Federal]] [[Arizona Territory|Arizona]] and New Mexico Territories, split from the original New Mexico Territory of 1851, showing existing [[county (United States)|counties]]. |capital = [[Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe]] |government_type = Organized incorporated territory |title_leader = [[List of Governors of New Mexico#Governors of the Territory of New Mexico|Governor]] |leader1 = [[James S. Calhoun]] <!--------Do not change to [[Charles Bent]]; Calhoun is the first governor of the organized territory----> |year_leader1 = 1851–1852 |leader2 = [[Willi