| 2 Mar 1819 |
the inhabitants of the Alabama Territory are authorized to form a constitution and state government and to assume a name for the future State, to be admitted to the United States when formed, in accordance with an act passed by the Congress of the United States (Senate on 12 Jan 1819, House of Representatives on 19 Feb 1819 with amendments; Senate concurs in the amendments on 23 Feb 1819), signed into law on 2 Mar 1819 (Statutes at Large, 3:489-492) [1] |
| 2 Aug 1819 |
the Constitution of the State of Alabama is adopted at a session of the Convention held at Huntsville on 30 Jul 1819 and signed on 2 Aug 1819 (Alabama Convention 1819, pp. 37-39) |
| 2 Aug 1819 - |
State of Alabama |
| 14 Dec 1819 |
Alabama is admitted to the United States under the name of the State of Alabama in accordance with a resolution passed by the Congress of the United States (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) |
| 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) [2] |
| 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, 15:73, 15:705; Alabama Session Laws, 1868, 138-140) [3] |
