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List of Confederate states by date of admission to the Confederacy

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new state had been admitted on an equal footing with the existing states. Under Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1 of the permanent Constitution Congress had the authority to admit additional states into the Confederacy, but, unlike the United States and Provisional Confederate Constitutions which required a simple majority vote, admission of new states to the Confederacy required a two-thirds vote in each House with the senators from each state voting jointly.
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Every new state was admitted pursuant to Article I, Section 6 of the Confederacy's Provisional Constitution which required a simple majority vote in the Provisional Congress. After the establishment of the Confederate States in 1861, the number of states expanded from the original seven to 13. Each
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legislature consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Each state was represented by two senators, while Representatives were distributed among the states in proportion to the most recent constitutionally mandated decennial census. Additionally, each state was entitled to select a
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while falling under varying degrees of Confederate control early in the war were represented by governments-in-exile once they were defeated; their pre-war state legislatures never voted to secede, but the Confederacy recognized pro-South provisional governments there as legitimate.
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The Statutes at Large of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America, from the Institution of the Government, February 8, 1861, to its Termination, February 18, 1862, Inclusive; Arranged in Chronological
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The Statutes at Large of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America, from the Institution of the Government, February 8, 1861, to its Termination, February 18, 1862, Inclusive; Arranged in Chronological
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The Statutes at Large of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America, from the Institution of the Government, February 8, 1861, to its Termination, February 18, 1862, Inclusive; Arranged in Chronological
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The Statutes at Large of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America, from the Institution of the Government, February 8, 1861, to its Termination, February 18, 1862, Inclusive; Arranged in Chronological
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The Statutes at Large of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America, from the Institution of the Government, February 8, 1861, to its Termination, February 18, 1862, Inclusive; Arranged in Chronological
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The Statutes at Large of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America, from the Institution of the Government, February 8, 1861, to its Termination, February 18, 1862, Inclusive; Arranged in Chronological
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The Statutes at Large of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America, from the Institution of the Government, February 8, 1861, to its Termination, February 18, 1862, Inclusive; Arranged in Chronological
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Journal of the Public and Secret Proceedings of the Convention of the People of Georgia, Held in Milledgeville and Savannah in 1861. Together With the Ordinances Adopted
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The following table is a list of all 13 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first seven became states in February and March 1861 upon agreeing to the
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Ordinances and Constitution of the State of Alabama, With the Constitution of the Provisional Government and of the Confederate States of America
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Constitution of the Confederate States of America, Adopted unanimously by the Congress of the Confederate States of America, March 11, 1861
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the permanent Constitution, thus joining the permanent government. The date of admission listed for
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Journal of the convention of the People of North Carolina, Held on the 20th Day of May, A. D. 1861
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Journal of the State Convention, and Ordinances and Resolutions Adopted in March, 1861
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of the Confederate States and possessed a number of powers and rights under the
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Constitution of the provisional government of the Confederate States of America
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Official Journal of the Proceedings of the Convention of the State of Louisiana
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Journal of the Convention of the People of South Carolina, Held in 1860-'61
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Provisional Constitution of the Confederate States adoption dates
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with the Confederate government. Confederates were recognized as
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Map of the Confederate States with names and borders of states
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List of C.S. states by date of admission to the Confederacy
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All states and their citizens were represented in the
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Lists of states of the Confederate States of America
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Index

List of C.S. states by date of admission to the Confederacy

U.S. state
secession
Confederate States of America
American Civil War
constituent entities
sovereignty
citizens
federal republic
resided
Virginia
commonwealth
border states
subdivisions
Constitution of the Confederate States
republican principles
executive
legislative
judicial
Confederate States Congress
bicameral
Electoral College
President of the Confederate States
Provisional Constitution of the Confederate States
ratified
Virginia
Arkansas
North Carolina
Tennessee

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