| 6 Feb 1796 |
the people of the Territory of the United States South of the River Ohio form a free and independent state by the name of the State of Tennessee, in accordance with the Constitution adopted at the session of a Convention held at Knoxville on 6 Feb 1796 (Tennessee Convention 1796, p. 32) [1] |
| 6 Feb 1796 - |
State of Tennessee |
| 1 Jun 1796 |
the territory ceded to the United States by North Carolina is declared to be a state under the name of the State of Tennessee which is admitted to the United States, 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, Senate concurred in on 31 May 1796) and signed into law on 1 Jun 1796 (Statutes at Large, 1:491-492) [2] |
| 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 vote of the people 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, Senate concurred in House amendments on 6 May 1861) (Tennessee Senate Journal, 2nd extra session, 1861, pp. 32-33, 60-61; Tennessee House Journal, 2nd extra session, 1861, pp. 55-57; Tennessee Session Laws April Session 1861, 15-18) [3] |
| 24 Jun 1861 |
Tennessee seceded from the United States in accordance with the results of a vote of the people held on 8 Jun 1861, certified and declared by a proclamation issued by 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) [4] |
| 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 at the session of a Convention held in Nashville on 9 Jan 1865, approved by a vote of the people held on 22 Feb 1865, the results were certified and declared by a proclamation issued 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, House concurred in Senate amendments on 23 Jul 1866), approved by the President of the United States on 24 Jul 1866 (Statutes at Large, 14:364) |
