Louisiana-Missouri Territory: Polity Style: 1805-1820 |
| 4 Jul 1805 |
the name of the District of Louisiana is changed to the Territory of Louisiana which is organised as a territory of the United States in accordance with an act passed by the Congress of the United States (Senate on 1 Mar 1805, House of Representatives on 2 Mar 1805), signed into law on 3 Mar 1805, effective on 4 Jul 1805 as provided by Sec. 10 of the said act (Statutes at Large, 2:331-332) [1] |
| 4 Jul 1805 - 6 Dec 1812 |
Territory of Louisiana |
| 7 Dec 1812 |
the name of the territory is changed to the Territory of Missouri in accordance with an act passed by the Congress of the United States (House of Representatives on 9 Apr 1812, Senate on 19 May 1812 with amendments, the amendments are concurred in by the House on 21 May 1812), signed into law on 4 Jun 1812, effective on 7 Dec 1812 as provided by Sec. 16 of the said act (Statutes at Large, 2:743-747) [2] |
| 7 Dec 1812 - 17 Sep 1820 |
Territory of Missouri |
| 4 Jul 1819 |
the southern portion of the Territory of Missouri is constituted as a separate territory of the United States under the name of the Arkansaw territory in accordance with an act passed by the Congress of the United States (House of Representatives on 20 Feb 1819, Senate on 1 Mar 1819), signed into law on 2 Mar 1819, effective on 4 Jul 1819 (Statutes at Large, 3:493-496) [3] |
| 6 Mar 1820 |
the inhabitants of the southeastern portion of the Territory of Missouri are authorized to form a constitution for further admission to the Union in accordance with an act passed by the Congress of the United States (House of Representatives on 1 Mar 1820, Senate on 2 Mar 1820 with amendments, the amendments are concurred in by the House on 2 Mar 1820), signed into law on 6 Mar 1820 (Statutes at Large, 3:545-548) [4] |
| 19 Jul 1820 |
the Constitution of the State of Missouri is adopted by the Convention on 17 Jul 1820, signed by the members of the Convention on 19 Jul 1820 and came into operation on 18 Sep 1820 (Missouri Convention 1820, 46) [5][6] |
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| [1] |
Full title: An Act further providing for the government of the district of Louisiana. |
| [2] |
Full title: An Act providing for the government of the territory of Missouri. |
| [3] |
Full title: An Act for the admission of the State of Arkansas into the Union, and to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United States, within the same, and for other purposes. |
| [4] |
Full title: An Act to authorize the people of the Missouri 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, and to prohibit slavery in certain territories. |
| [5] |
After the Constitution of the State of Missouri went into effect, the remaining portion of the Territory of Missouri became an unorganized territory of the United States. |
| [6] |
The Constitution did not include a clause fixing the date when it would come into operation, but Section 1 of the Schedule declared that "all writs, actions, prosecutions, judgments, claims, and contracts, of individuals, and of bodies corporate, shall continue as if no change had taken place; and all process which may, before the third Monday in September next, be issued under the authority of the Territory of Missouri, shall be as valid as if issued in the name of the state." The General Assembly of the State of Missouri met on 18 Sep 1820 and Alexander McNair was sworn in as the Governor of the State on 19 Sep 1820 before the Constitution was approved by the Congress of the United States. |
