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The Mississippi State Capitol or the “New Capitol,” has been the seat of the state’s government since it succeeded the old statehouse in 1903. Located in Jackson, it was designated as a Mississippi Landmark in 1986, a National Historic Landmark in 2016 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.
From 1839 until 1903, as Mississippi's statehouse, the old capitol was the site of several historical legislative events: [ 5] Passage of the Married Women's Property Act, the first law in any state to allow married women to independently own property, in 1839. [ 7] Passage of an ordinance of secession in 1861. Constitutional Convention of 1865.
Phoenix. 33°26′53.15″N 112°5′49.54″W. / 33.4480972°N 112.0970944°W / 33.4480972; -112.0970944 ( Arizona State Capitol) 1700 W Washington Street. 1899–1900 (State Capitol) 1960 (House of Representatives and Senate buildings) 1974 (Executive Tower) 92 [ 5] NRHP The State Capitol Building no longer hosts government ...
For the second straight day the Mississippi State Capitol Building in Jackson was evacuated and locked down due to a bomb threat. Other buildings also.
Before 1861, Mississippi lacked a flag. When the State Convention at the Capitol in Jackson declared its secession from the United States ("the Union") on January 9, 1861, [19] near the start of the American Civil War, spectators in the balcony handed a Bonnie Blue flag down to the state convention delegates on the convention floor, [20] and one was raised over the state capitol building in ...
Mississippi House Speaker Jason White, R-West, speaks with Speaker Pro Tempore Manly Barton, R-Moss Point, on his way out of the chamber on the second to last day at the Mississippi State Capitol ...
Mississippi State Capitol dome, exterior, with state flag in focus, in Jackson, photographed Thursday, July 13, 2023. ... said he would not vote to replace the paintings in the Capitol building.
The bicameral Legislature is composed of the lower Mississippi House of Representatives, with 122 members, and the upper Mississippi State Senate, with 52 members. Both representatives and senators serve four-year terms without term limits. The Legislature convenes at the Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson.