Georgia was last !
The 11 confederate states were:
Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana and Virginia.
The 11 confederate states did not participate in the 1864 election.
Those 11 states had not yet been readmitted when Andrew Johnson took office.
All southern states except Georgia, Mississippi, Texas, and Virginia, readmitted to Congress in June 1868.
These former confederate states (not yet readmitted by 1868) did not participate in that election.
In 1870 Georgia, Mississippi, Texas, and Virginia were readmitted.
July 24th 1866 -Tennessee is the 1st.
June 22nd 1868 - Arkansas is the 2nd
June 25th 1868 - Florida is the 3rd
June 25th 1868 - Alabama is the 4th
June 25th 1868 - Louisiana is the 5th
June 25th 1868 - North Carolina is 6th
June 25th 1868 - South Carolina is 7th
(June 25th 1868 - GEORGIA FIRST readmitted)
December 22nd 1869 - Second reconstruction for Georgia began ! (Kicked OUT !)
January 27th 1870 - Virginia is the 8th
February 23rd 1870 - Mississippi is the 9th
March 30th 1870 - Texas is the 10th
Mar. 30, 1870 - The 15th Amendment is added to the Constitution.
GEORGIA READMITTED AGAIN -July 15th 1870 - Georgia is the 11th and last.
The United States government has never recognized the right of states to secede, and considers the states to never have left the union during the American Civil War. The states were required to agree to Reconstruction before being permitted to send representatives to Congress again.
Georgia went through Reconstruction twice!
Jan 18 2003, 12:42 AM
