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The 1820 United States census was the fourth census conducted in the United States. It was conducted on August 7, 1820. The 1820 census included six new states: Louisiana, Indiana, Mississippi, Illinois, Alabama and Maine. There has been a district wide loss of 1820 census records for Arkansas Territory, Missouri Territory, [1] and New Jersey.
1948 postage stamp depicting the Mississippi Territory. The Territory of Mississippi was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that was created under an organic act passed by both upper and lower chambers (the Senate and House of Representatives) of the Congress of the United States, meeting at the United States Capitol on Capitol Hill, in the federal national capital city ...
1820 Mississippi elections (4 P) This page was last edited on 27 January 2019, at 04:24 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
1820 in Mississippi (2 C) 1821 in Mississippi (2 C, 1 P) ... Pages in category "1820s in Mississippi" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
March 3 & 6 – Slavery in the United States: The Missouri Compromise becomes law. March 15 – Maine is admitted as the 23rd U.S. state (see History of Maine). April 24 – The Land Act of 1820 reduces the price of land in the Northwest Territory and Missouri Territory encouraging Americans to settle in the west.
[71] [72] There was similar legislation in Westland. [73] It gave up to 75 acres (30 ha), with settlers just paying the cost of a survey. They had to live there for five years, build a house and cultivate a third of the land, if already open, or a fifth if bush had to be cleared. [74] The land was forfeited if they didn't clear enough bush. [72]
Reconstruction in Mississippi (1901) reflects Dunning School historiography; Goleman, Michael J. Your Heritage Will Still Remain: Racial Identity and Mississippi's Lost Cause (2017). Guice, John D. W. "The Cement of Society: Law in the Mississippi Territory," Gulf Coast Historical Review 1986 1(2): 76–99; Halsell, Willie D.
The 1820 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place between 1 November and 6 December 1820, as part of the 1820 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for President and Vice President .