Mississippi: Polity Style: 1798-2024 |
| 7 Apr 1798 |
the Mississippi 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 5 Mar 1798, House of Representatives on 27 Mar 1798 with amendments, amendments are concurred in by the Senate on 29 Mar 1798), signed into law on 7 Apr 1798 (Statutes at Large, 1:549-550) [1] |
| 7 Apr 1798 - 10 Dec 1817 |
Mississippi Territory |
| 1 Mar 1817 |
the Mississippi 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 31 Jan 1817, House of Representatives on 26 Feb 1817 with amendments, amendments are concurred in by the Senate on 27 Feb 1817), signed into law on 1 Mar 1817 (Statutes at Large, 3:348-349) [2] |
| 10 Dec 1817 |
the Constitution of the State of Mississippi (adopted by the Constitutional Convention of the Mississippi Territory on 15 Aug 1817) is approved, Mississippi is admitted to the United States under the name of the State of Mississippi in accordance with a resolution of the Congress (passed by the Senate on 3 Dec 1817, House of Representatives on 8 Dec 1817, approved by the President of the United States on 10 Dec 1817) (Statutes at Large, 3:472-473) |
| 10 Dec 1817 - |
State of Mississippi |
| 9 Jan 1861 |
Mississippi seceded from the United States in accordance with an ordinance passed by the Convention of the People of the State of Mississippi on 9 Jan 1861 (Mississippi Convention 1861, 8-13, 45-46) [3] |
| 8 Feb 1861 |
Mississippi 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) |
| 22 Aug 1865 |
the ordinance of secession of 1861 is declared to be henceforward null and of no binding force in accordance with an ordinance passed by the Convention on 22 Aug 1865 (Mississippi Convention 1865, 225) |
| 23 Feb 1870 |
Mississippi 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 3 Feb 1870, Senate on 17 Feb 1870), signed into law on 23 Feb 1870 (Statutes at Large, 16:67-68) [4] |
