Tennessee: Polity Style: 1790-2024 |
| 2 Apr 1790 |
the cession of a territory south of the River Ohio by the State of North Carolina is accepted by an act passed by the Congress of the United States (Senate on 5 Mar 1790, House of Representatives on 29 Mar 1790 with an amendment, the amendment was concurred in by the Senate on 29 Mar 1790 with an amendment, Senate amendment was agreed to by the House on 30 Mar 1790), signed into law on 2 Apr 1790 (Statutes at Large, 1:123) [1] |
| 26 May 1790 |
the territory south of the River Ohio ceded by North Carolina is constituted as a territory of the United States in accordance with an act passed by the Congress of the United States (Senate on 14 Apr 1790, House of Representatives on 29 Apr 1790 with amendments , the amendments were rejected by the Senate on 4 May 1790, House withdrew the amendments on 5 May 1790), signed into law 26 May 1790 (Statutes at Large, 1:123) [2] |
| 26 May 1790 - 6 Feb 1796 |
Territory of the United States South of the River Ohio |
| 28 Mar 1796 |
the Constitution of the State of Tennessee is adopted by the Convention on 6 Feb 1796 and came into operation de facto on the date (28 Mar 1796) when the General Assembly convened (Tennessee Convention 1796, p. 32) |
| 28 Mar 1796 - |
State of Tennessee |
| 1 Jun 1796 |
Tennessee is admitted to the United States under the name of the State of Tennessee in accordance with an act passed by the Congress of the United States (Senate on 26 May 1796, House of Representatives on 30 May 1796 with amendments, the amendments were concurred in by the Senate on 31 May 1796), signed into law on 1 Jun 1796 (Statutes at Large, 1:491-492) [3] |
| 6 May 1861 |
a Declaration of Independence and Ordinance Dissolving the Federal Relations Between the State of Tennessee and the United States of America are agreed to be submitted to a referendum in accordance with an act passed by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee (Senate on 30 Apr 1861, House of Representatives on 4 May 1861 with amendments, the amendments were concurred in by the Senate on 6 May 1861) (Tennessee Session Laws April Session 1861, 15-18) [4] |
| 24 Jun 1861 |
Tennessee seceded from the United States in accordance with the results of a referendum held on 8 Jun 1861 which were announced and confirmed by a proclamation of the Governor of the State of Tennessee of 24 Jun 1861 (Daily Nashville Patriot, No. 1704, 25 Jun 1861, p. 3) |
| 2 Jul 1861 |
Tennessee is admitted to the Confederate States of America in accordance with an act passed by the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States on 16 May 1861 and signed into law on 17 May 1861 (effective on the date when the proclamation concerning the ratification of the Provisional Constitution of the Confederate States by Tennessee was issued by the President of the Confederate States on 2 Jul 1861) (Confederate Statutes at Large, p. 119; Confederate Congress Journal, 1:235; Nashville Union and American, No. 82, 6 Jul 1861, p. 2) [5] |
| 25 Feb 1865 |
the Declaration of Independence and the ordinance of secession passed on 6 May 1861 are declared to have been null and void in accordance with the amendments to the Constitution of the State of Tennessee passed by the Convention on 9 Jan 1865, approved by a referendum on 22 Feb 1865, taking effect upon the issuance of a proclamation by the Military and Acting Governor of the State of Tennessee on 25 Feb 1865 (Nashville Daily Union, No. 278, 28 Feb 1865, p. 1) |
| 24 Jul 1866 |
Tennessee is re-admitted to representation in the Congress of the United States in accordance with a resolution passed by the Congress of the United States (House of Representatives on 20 Jul 1866, Senate on 21 Jul 1866 with amendments, the amendments were concurred in by the House of Representatives on 23 Jul 1866), approved by the President of the United States on 24 Jul 1866 (Statutes at Large, 14:364) |
