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1989 N.Y. State Legislature passes Staten Island secession bill
1983 President Reagan became 1st U.S. President to address Japan's legislature 1967 Georgia legislature seats Rep. Julian Bond 1966 Julian Bond denied seat in Georgia legislature for opposing Vietnam War 1962 Supreme Court backs 1-man-1-vote apportionment of seats in state legislature 1939 Massachusetts Legislature vote to ratify the Bill of Rights - 147 years late 1937 Only unicameral state legislature in U.S. opens 1st session (Nebr) 1934 Philippine legislature accepts U.S. proposal for independence 1931 Arkansas legislature passes motion to pray for soul of H L Mencken after he calls state "apex of moronia" 1913 Kansas legislature approved censorship of motion pictures 1907 Grace Hamilton, 1st black member of Georgia state legislature 1901 1st territorial legislature of Hawaii convenes 1895 North Carolina Legislature, adjourns for day to mark death of Frederick Douglass 1874 New York legislature passes compulsory education law 1874 I D Shadd elected Speaker of lower house of Miss legislature 1870 White conservatives suppresed black vote and captured Tennessee legislature 1870 Mass legislature authorizes incorporation of Wellesley Female Seminary 1870 California legislature approves act making Golden Gate Park possible 1870 Georgia legislature reconvenes 1869 North Carolina legislature passes anti-Klan Law 1869 Arkansas legislature passes anti-Klan law 1866 New York Legislature forms New York City Metropolitan Board of Health 1861 Delaware legislature rejects proposal to join Confederacy 1859 Arkansas legislature requires free blacks to choose exile or slavery 1858 Matthew Ricketts, 1st Black man elected to Neb State Legislature 1850 California Legislature creates 9 Bay Area counties 1804 Ohio legislature passes 1st laws restricting free blacks movement 1787 Boston blacks, petition legislature for equal school facilities 1773 Massachusetts slaves petition legislature for freedom 1758 New Jersey Legislature forms 1st Indian reservation 1644 Massachusetts establishes 1st 2-chamber legislature in colonies |
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