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The Illinois State Capitol, located in Springfield, Illinois, houses the legislative and executive branches of the government of the U.S. state of Illinois.Becoming the seat of the legislature in 1876, the current building is the sixth to serve as the capitol building since Illinois was admitted to the United States in 1818.
Springfield is the capital city of the U.S. state of Illinois and the seat of Sangamon County.The city's population was 114,394 at the 2020 census, which makes it the state's seventh-most populous city, [10] the second-most populous outside of the Chicago metropolitan area (after Rockford), and the most populous in Central Illinois.
The second Governor of Illinois, Edward Coles brought his slaves from his home state of Virginia to give them their freedom when they arrived in Illinois. Old State Capitol: Abraham Lincoln and other area legislators were instrumental in moving the state capitol to centrally located Springfield in 1839. In 1818, Illinois became the 21st U.S. state.
Sunrise over the Illinois State Capitol on Inauguration Day, Monday, Jan. 9, 2023, in Springfield. (Vashon Jordan Jr. / Office of the Governor, JB Pritzker) ©Vashon Jordan Jr. / Office of the ...
From 1876 until 1966, the Old State Capitol was the county courthouse of Sangamon County.During this time the building was extensively altered. In 1839, a two-floor building had been large enough to hold the entire governmental structure of Illinois; but after continued growth in the population of Springfield and the surrounding townships, in 1898-1899 Sangamon County raised the historic ...
Sunrise over the Illinois State Capitol on Inauguration Day, Monday, Jan. 9, 2023, in Springfield. (Vashon Jordan Jr. / Office of the Governor, JB Pritzker) ©Vashon Jordan Jr. / Office of the ...
The Arizona State Capitol is now strictly a museum and both the legislature and the governor's office are in nearby buildings. Only Arizona does not have its governor's office in the state capitol, though in Delaware, Ohio, Michigan, Vermont, and Virginia, [1] the offices there are for ceremonial use only.
James R. Thompson Center, which has offices of Illinois officials. Pat Gauen, columnist of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, argued that Chicago is "de facto" state co-capital with Springfield [8] Springfield is the state capital. Many state offices are in Springfield, and it is the regular meeting place of the Illinois General Assembly. [8]