Florida: Polity Style: 1845-2025

31 Oct 1839	the Constitution or Form of Government for the People of Florida is adopted and signed by the delegates of the Constitutional Convention held at St. Joseph on 11 Jan 1839 and ratified by a popular vote on 6 May 1839, the results of the vote are certified by the proclamation of the President of the Convention issued on 31 Oct 1839 (Florida Constitutional Convention 1838-1839, pp. 117-118, Appendix, pp. 1-20; Florida Herald, No. 22, 31 Oct 1839, p. 2) [1]
3 Mar 1845	the Constitution is approved and Florida is admitted to the United States in accordance with an act passed by the Congress of the United States (House of Representatives on 13 Feb 1845, Senate on 1 Mar 1845), signed into law on 3 Mar 1845 (Statutes at Large, 5:742-743) [2]
3 Mar 1845 -	State of Florida
11 Jan 1861	Florida seceded from the United States in accordance with the Ordinance of Secession adopted by the Convention of the People of Florida held on 10 Jan 1861 in Tallahassee, signed by the delegates of the Convention at a public ceremony on 11 Jan 1861 (Florida Convention 1861, pp. 31-32, 40, 99)
8 Feb 1861	Florida 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, pp. 1-8)
21 Feb 1868	the Ordinance of Secession is declared null and void in accordance with an ordinance passed by the Convention of the People of Florida on 21 Feb 1868 (Florida Constitutional Convention 1868, pp. 58, 94)
25 Jun 1868	Florida 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 14 May 1868; Senate on 10 Jun 1868 with amendments; the amendments were concurred in by the House on 12 Jun 1868; vetoed by the President of the United States on 25 Jun 1868; the veto was overridden by the House of Representatives and by the Senate on 25 Jun 1868), took effect in Florida immediately upon the passage of the act (Statutes at Large, 15:73, 15:703-704; Florida Senate Journal, 1868, pp. 7-8; Florida House Journal, 1868, pp. 8-9; Florida Session Laws, 1868, pp. 175-176) [3][4]

The proclamation was dated "thirty first day of October" and was printed in Florida Herald, No. 22, 31 Oct 1839. It was also reprinted in the same newspaper on 14 Nov 1839 and 21 Nov 1839. A copy of this proclamation appearing in Florida Senate Journal, 1845, p. 49, and Florida House Journal, 1845, p. 41, is misdated ("twenty first day of October"). The Constitution did not come into operation until the admission of Florida to the United States on 3 Mar 1845.
Full title: An Act for the admission of the States of Iowa and Florida into the Union.
Full title: An Act to Admit the States of North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, to Representation in Congress.
The Senate and the Assembly of the State of Florida ratified (9 Jun 1868) the Amendment XIV to the Constitution of the United States prior to the passage of An Act to Admit the States of North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, to Representation in Congress, thus fulfilling the requirements set in Sec. 1 for admission of its representatives to the Congress. A joint resolution of the Senate and Assembly of 9 Jun 1868 was signed into law as An Act to Ratify an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, known as Article XIV on 31 Jul 1868.