Alabama: Polity Style: 1817-2025 |
| 15 Aug 1817 |
the Alabama Territory is constituted as a territory of the United States in accordance with an act passed by the Congress of the United States (Senate on 21 Feb 1817, House of Representatives on 3 Mar 1817), signed into law 3 Mar 1817, and taking effect on the date (15 Aug 1817) prescribed by Sec. 5 of the said act (Statutes at Large, 3:371-373) [1][2] |
| 15 Aug 1817 - 14 Dec 1819 |
Alabama Territory |
| 2 Mar 1819 |
the Alabama Territory is authorized to form a constitution for further admission to the Union in accordance with an act passed by the Congress of the United States (Senate on 12 Jan 1819, House of Representatives on 17 Feb 1819, amendments are concurred in by the Senate on 23 Feb 1819), signed into law 2 Mar 1819 (Statutes at Large, 3:489-492) [3] |
| 14 Dec 1819 |
the Constitution of the State of Alabama (adopted by the Constitutional Convention of the Alabama Territory on 2 Aug 1819) is approved, Alabama is admitted to the United States under the name of the State of Alabama in accordance with a resolution of the Congress (passed by the Senate and House of Representatives on 8 Dec 1819, approved by the President of the United States on 14 Dec 1819) (Statutes at Large, 3:608) |
| 14 Dec 1819 - |
State of Alabama |
| 11 Jan 1861 |
Alabama seceded from the United States in accordance with an ordinance passed by the Convention of the People of the State of Alabama on 11 Jan 1861 (Alabama Convention 1861, 43-44; Alabama Ordinances and Constitution 1861, 3-6) [4] |
| 8 Feb 1861 |
Alabama formed part of the Confederate States of America on the date when the Constitution for the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America was approved by the Congress and came into operation (Confederate Congress Journal, 1:39; Confederate Statutes at Large, 1-8) |
| 25 Sep 1865 |
the ordinance of secession of 1861 is declared to have been null and void in accordance with an ordinance passed by the Convention on 25 Sep 1865 (Alabama Convention 1865, 57-59; Alabama Ordinances and Constitution 1865, 48) |
| 13 Jul 1868 |
Alabama is re-admitted to representation in the Congress of the United States in accordance with an act passed by the Congress of the United States (House of Representatives on 14 May 1868; Senate on 10 Jun 1868 with amendments; the amendments were concurred in by the House on 12 Jun 1868; vetoed by the President of the United States on 25 Jun 1868; the veto was overridden by the House of Representatives and by the Senate on 25 Jun 1868), took effect in Alabama immediately upon the passage of a resolution approving Amendment XIV to the Constitution of the Unites States by the General Assembly of the State of Alabama on 13 Jul 1868 (Statutes at Large, 16:73, 16:705; Alabama Session Laws, 1868, 138-140) [5] |
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| [1] |
Full title: An Act to Establish a Separate Territorial Government for the Eastern Part of the Mississippi Territory. |
| [2] |
The act took effect on 15 Aug 1817 when the Constitutional Convention of Mississippi approved a constitution and state government. |
| [3] |
Full title: An act to enable the people of the Alabama Territory to form a Constitution and State government, and for the admission of such state into the Union on an equal footing with the original States. |
| [4] |
Full title: An Ordinance to dissolve the Union between the State of Alabama and other States united under the compact styled "The Constitution of the United States of America". |
| [5] |
Full title: An Act to Admit the States of North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, to Representation in Congress. |
