This is part of the first week of the 16th General Assembly.

Today marks the end of the first week of the First Session of the 20th General Assembly.

The Fourth General Assembly comes to a close.

The Missouri General Assembly puts in the place actions to create Missouri’s first board of education.

Trusten Polk becomes Missouri governor, but only serves briefly.

This is the opening day of the Regular Session of the 62nd General Assembly.

Today marks beginning of the second week of the Regular Session of the 21st General Assembly.

Missouri senators reach the third week of the Regular Session of the 22nd General Assembly.

This is the beginning of the third week of the Regular Session of the 23rd General Assembly

This is the beginning of the second week of the First Session of the 24th General Assembly.

Missouri abolishes slavery.

This marks the end of the first week of the Adjourned Session of the 24th General Assembly.

Former Missouri Sen. Michael Kinney of St. Louis, Missouri’s longest-serving state senator, is born.

Lawmakers reach the second week of the Regular Session of the 25th General Assembly.

This begins the second week of the Adjourned Session of the 25th General Assembly.

Lawmakers reach the final day of the Adjourned Session of the 20th General Assembly.

Columbia Baptist Female College, now known as Stephens College, is first incorporated.

Lawmakers start the third week of the Regular Session of the 26th General Assembly.

Lawmakers reach the end of the third week of the Regular Session of the 27th General Assembly.

Today marks the end of the second week of the Adjourned Session of the 27th General Assembly.

This is the final time the Missouri Senate would meet in St. Charles.

This is the beginning of the third week of the Regular Session of the 28th General Assembly.

The Legislature creates the Missouri State Library.

Today marks the beginning of the third week of the Regular Session of the 29th General Assembly.

The Legislature creates the Missouri State Medical Association.

The Jackson-Napton resolutions are introduced in the Missouri Senate.

This is the end of the third week of the Regular Session of the 30th General Assembly.

The Legislature grants charter to Christian University in Canton.

This is the middle of the fourth week of the Regular Session of the 31st General Assembly.

The Legislature incorporates Mission Free School of St. Louis.

Today marks the beginning of the second month of the Regular Session of the 32nd General Assembly.

This marks the beginning of the fifth week of the Regular Session of the 33rd General Assembly.

The Bank of the State of Missouri is chartered.

This is the beginning of the second month of the Regular Session of the 34th General Assembly.

This is the beginning of the sixth week of the Regular Session of the 35th General Assembly.

Lightning destroys Missouri’s second State Capitol building.

This is the middle of the fifth week of the Regular Session of the 36th General Assembly.

This marks the end of the fifth week of the Regular Session of the 37th General Assembly.

Former Missouri Sen. and Lt. Gov. Harriet Woods passes away.

Missouri starts its own public school system.

Lawmakers move near the halfway mark of the Regular Session of the 38th General Assembly.

The University of Missouri is chartered by the state Legislature.

Lawmakers charter Boonville College.

This is the approximate halfway point of the Regular Session of the 39th General Assembly.

Missouri senators reach the final day of the First Session of the Seventh General Assembly.

Missouri senators advance through the First Session of the 12th General Assembly.

The Missouri Senate is sent House Bill 84, also known as “The Mule Bill.”

This marks the beginning of the Extra Session of the 36th General Assembly.

Lawmakers near the end of the First Session of the 12th General Assembly.

Smallpox makes its way through our state, en route to the Capitol.

The Missouri Senate adopts a resolution relating to a smallpox outbreak in the Show-Me State.

A smallpox outbreak could have led to ending the legislative session.

The Missouri Legislature grants charter to Washington University.

The Missouri Legislature charters Westminster College in Fulton.

Both the College of Agriculture and the School of Mines and Metallurgy are established by the Missouri General Assembly.

A smallpox outbreak continues in Jefferson City.

Former Missouri Sen. and Gov. Abraham Williams is born.

The Missouri Legislature places the Missouri School for the Blind under state control.

The Missouri General Assembly establishes the Missouri School for the Deaf.

This is the first known Leap Day on which the Legislature met.

Central Methodist College in Fayette is incorporated by the Missouri Legislature.

This is the fifth day of the Called Session of the 20th General Assembly.

This is the last Tuesday of the First Session of the 19th General Assembly.

A Missourian serves as U.S. president, if only for a day.

This is the 33rd day of the First Regular Session of the 89th General Assembly.

Lawmakers move toward the end of the First Session of the 21st General Assembly.

Lawmakers move toward the end of the First Session of the 20th General Assembly.

Missouri hosts its first presidential primary, after years of holding a caucus.

The State Historical Society of Missouri is incorporated.

Lawmakers are approximately two and a half months into the Adjourned Session of the 24th General Assembly.

We are near the end of the First Session of the 20th General Assembly.

The Missouri-Pacific Railroad is chartered.

The Missouri Commission for the Blind is created.

Thomas Hart Benton is born.

State representatives approve a Missouri Senate resolution that gives the Show-Me State the ability to let citizens draft initiative petitions and referendums to be determined on ballots.

Missouri senators are in the third month of the Adjourned Session of the 24th General Assembly.

Southwest Missouri State Teachers College is established in Springfield.

We are now multiple days into the Adjourned Session of the 24th General Assembly.

The First District Normal School is established by the Missouri General Assembly.

The Missouri Legislature establishes the Missouri Library Commission.

The Missouri General Assembly meets in St. Charles for the final time.

Missouri’s official state flag is adopted.

The Legislature passes a measure requiring licensing vehicles.

The Missouri General Assembly passes legislation to pay for a new Capitol.

The Northwest Missouri State Teachers College in Maryville is created by the Legislature.

This is the final Wednesday of the First Session of the 13th General Assembly.

This marks the second-to-last day of the First Session of the 13th General Assembly.

This is the final day of the First Session of the 13th General Assembly.

The Missouri General Assembly creates the State Board of Health.

The Missouri General Assembly passes legislation designating the bluebird as the official state bird.

Today marks the third day of the Special Session of the 28th General Assembly.

The last day comes for the 26th General Assembly’s Adjourned Session.

This is the 67th day of the Regular Session of the 30th General Assembly.

Today marks the 68th day of the Regular Session of the 30th General Assembly.

Lawmakers move toward the end of the Regular Session of the 30th General Assembly.

Missouri senators hold a rare Saturday session.

This is the 73rd day of the Regular Session of the 35th General Assembly.

Today marks the 79th day of the Regular Session of the 29th General Assembly.

Lawmakers enter the 74th day of the Regular Session of the 35th General Assembly.

This is the 64th day of the Regular Session of the 45th General Assembly.

This marks the 70th day of the Regular Session of the 55th General Assembly.

Charles Daniel Drake is born. The one-time state lawmaker is best-known for his action during the Civil War.

This is the 70th day of the Regular Session of the 40th General Assembly.

This marks the 71st day of the Regular Session of the 56th General Assembly.

Today is the 79th day of the Regular Session of the 57th General Assembly.

Missouri senators gather for another Saturday session, one day before Easter.

Today marks the 70th day of the Regular Session of the 61st General Assembly.

Former lawmaker John Bullock Clark, Sr., is born.

This is the 72nd day of the Regular Session of the 61st General Assembly.

The first telephone exchange is established in Missouri.

St. Louis hosts the first Missouri railroad convention.

Today marks the third day of the Extra Session of the 31st General Assembly.

The Intermediate Reformatory for Young Men At Algoa is formed.

This is the beginning of the Extra Session of the 38th General Assembly.

A Missouri Senate bill is signed into law that creates the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

This is the 77th day of the Regular Session of the 61st General Assembly.

This marks the 64th day of the Regular Session of the 62nd General Assembly.

This is the 65th day of the Regular Session of the 62nd General Assembly.

Today marks the 66th day of the Regular Session of the 62nd General Assembly.

This is the fifth day of the Extra Session of the 38th General Assembly.

The Louisiana Purchase Exposition, more commonly known as the World’s Fair, opens in St. Louis.

This marks the 84th day of the Regular Session of the 40th General Assembly.

Delegates to Missouri’s first constitutional convention are elected.

Missouri senators gavel in for a rare Sunday session during the First Regular Session of the 90th General Assembly.

The Second Regular Session of the 89th General Assembly reaches its 63rd day.

Missouri’s first governor is born.

This is the 97th day of the Regular Session of the 35th General Assembly.

Former Missouri lawmaker William Stone is born.

Former Pres. Harry S Truman is born.

The final day of the Regular Session of the 50th General Assembly arrives.

The Missouri Legislature establishes Normal School No. 2 in Warrensburg.

Today marks the start of the Extra Session of the 34th General Assembly.

Missouri senators hold a Sunday memorial service.

Missouri’s territorial Legislature passes an act relating to divorce and alimony.

Missouri’s first female, African-American Missouri senator — Gwen Giles — is born.

This is the final day of the Called Session of the 21st General Assembly.

This is the 99th day of the Regular Session of the 55th General Assembly.

The 100th day of the Regular Session of the 55th General Assembly arrives.

This is the final Saturday of the Regular Session of the 55th General Assembly.

This is the second day of the impeachment hearing against former State Treasurer Larry Brunk.

The final day of the Regular Session of the 30th General Assembly arrives.

The 100th day of the Regular Session of the 58th General Assembly begins.

This is the last day of the Regular Session of the 40th General Assembly.

The 112th day of the Regular Session of the 35th General Assembly comes.

The final day of the Regular Session of the 35th General Assembly arrives.

This is the 104th day of the Regular Session of the 58th General Assembly.

This marks the 73rd day of the First Regular Session of the 76th General Assembly.

The 10th day of the impeachment trial comes against former State Treasurer Larry Brunk.

This is the final day of the Regular Session of the 58th General Assembly.

This marks the 12th day of the impeachment trial of former State Treasurer Larry Brunk.

This is the 105th day of the Regular Session of the 60th General Assembly.

Former Missouri Supreme Court judge, and Missouri state representative, Ronnie White is born.

This is the 14th day of the impeachment trial of former State Treasurer Larry Brunk.

Loyalty oaths are adopted in Missouri.

The Town of Kansas is incorporated.

Congress establishes the Territory of Missouri.

The impeachment trial of former State Treasurer Larry Brunk reaches its 18th day.

Missouri voters ratify the “Drake Constitution.”

This is the 20th day of the Extra Session of the 34th General Assembly.

The governor calls lawmakers back into Jefferson City.

James Minor is born.

The Legislature incorporates the University of Kansas City.

State leaders meet to decide Missouri’s involvement in the Civil War.

Missouri Gov. Claiborne Fox Jackson issues a war proclamation.

This is the 24th day of the Extra Session of the 34th General Assembly.

This is the opening day of the Extra Session of the 51st General Assembly.

Federal troops overtake Jefferson City in the early months of the Civil War.

This date marks the 27th day of the Extra Session of the 34th General Assembly.

The first African-American female to be elected to the Missouri Legislature is born.

This is the 115th day of the Regular Session of the 61st General Assembly.

The Missouri General Assembly commemorates Emancipation Day.

The flowering dogwood becomes Missouri’s official tree.

This is the 30th day of the Extra Session of the 34th General Assembly.

This governor adds to his call for the Extra Session of the 51st General Assembly.

This is the 32nd day of the Extra Session of the 34th General Assembly.

This is the first day of the Called Session of the 26th General Assembly.

Lincoln Institute is incorporated.

This is the third day of the Called Session of the 26th General Assembly.

The Territorial Legislature passes a law allowing slaves to sue for freedom.

The final day of the First Extra Session of the First General Assembly arrives.

This is the 12th day of the Extra Session of the 51st General Assembly.

The “Missouri Waltz” becomes our state’s official song.

Missouri’s first income tax takes effect.

This date marks the final day of the Extra Session of the 34th General Assembly.

The Missouri Senate ratifies the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, giving women the right to vote.

Lawmakers start to undo a major policy change they implemented just two years’ prior.

This is the fourth day of the Extra Session of the 50th General Assembly.

This is the first, known, time Missouri senators hold session on a Sunday.

Missouri senators move closer to undoing something put into law only two years before.

The Extra Session of the 50th General Assembly comes to a close.

This is the 130th day of the Regular Session of the 61st General Assembly.

Missouri senators spend one day on two appropriations bills.

This is the 132nd day of the Regular Session of the 61st General Assembly.

We revisit the last day of the Regular Session of the 61st General Assembly.

The Lead Belt Mining riot begins.

This marks the 23rd day of the First Extra Session of the 51st General Assembly.

Former Missouri Gov., and Sen., Charles Henry Hardin is born.

This is the 25th day of the First Extra Session of the 51st General Assembly.

Construction begins on the Jackson County Courthouse.

This is the 26th day of the First Extra Session of the 51st General Assembly.

Missouri’s first constitution is adopted.

This marks the 28th day of the First Extra Session of the 51st General Assembly.

The Missouri Legislature chooses to make Mozarkite the official state rock.

Hamilton Gamble is appointed Missouri’s new governor.

The governor calls an extra session to fulfill funding obligations for the state’s share of Social Security.

This marks the third day of the Extra Session of the 60th General Assembly.

The Missouri Department of Agriculture is created by the Missouri General Assembly.

This is the 33rd day of the First Extra Session of the 51st General Assembly.

Missouri senators conclude the Extra Session of the 60th General Assembly.

Missouri senators correct an error made to a future ballot question.

This is the 36th day of the First Extra Session of the 51st General Assembly.

Today marks the 37th day of the First Extra Session of the 51st General Assembly.

This is considered to be the day the Centennial Road Law is signed.

This is the 38th day of the First Extra Session of the 51st General Assembly.

This is the 39th day of the First Extra Session of the 51st General Assembly.

Missouri senators near completion of the First Extra Session of the 51st General Assembly.

Missouri Senate President Pro Tem Abraham J. Williams is sworn in as our state’s third governor.

Then-Gov. Claiborne Fox Jackson issues a proclamation declaring Missouri a free republic.

We are a few days in between both the announcements of the nation’s first interstate highways and start of construction.

Today marks the 238th day of the Regular Session of the 63rd General Assembly.

This is the second day of riots in St. Louis relating to an election.

Lawmakers are approximately three weeks into a long break during the Regular Session of the 62nd General Assembly.

Missouri becomes the 24th state.

This is one of the many breaks taken during the Regular Session of the 63rd General Assembly.

Missouri senators enjoy another extended break during the Regular Session of the 63rd General Assembly.

This is the sixth day of the First Extra Session of the Second Regular Session of the 100th General Assembly.

This marks the end of a long adjournment break during the Regular Session of the 66th General Assembly.

This is the 92nd day of the Regular Session of the 66th General Assembly.

This is the 113th day of the Regular Session of the 62nd General Assembly.

The 1845 state constitutional convention begins.

This is the 115th day of the Regular Session of the 62nd General Assembly.

This is the fourth day of the Second Extra Session of the Second Regular Session of the 81st General Assembly.

The Extra Session of the First Regular Session of the 94th General Assembly begins.

This is the seventh day of the First Extra Session of the Second Regular Session of the 100th General Assembly.

This is the fifth day of the Extra Session of the First Regular Session of the 79th General Assembly.

This marks the final day of the Regular Session of the 62nd General Assembly.

This marks the sixth day of the Second Extra Session of the Second Regular Session of the 81st General Assembly.

This is the seventh day of the Second Extra Session of the Second Regular Session of the 81st General Assembly.

This is the 240th day of the Regular Session of the 63rd General Assembly.

This marks the 100th day of the Regular Session of the 63rd General Assembly.

The first elections are held in Missouri, designating governor, lieutenant governor, state senators and representatives, congressmen and county officers.

The Missouri General Assembly ratifies what would become the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which would end Prohibition.

This is the start of the First, or Extra, Session of the 17th General Assembly.

Marie Byrum of Hannibal becomes the first Missouri woman to vote.

This is the third day of the Extra Session of the 17th General Assembly.

This is the fourth day of the Extra Session of the 17th General Assembly.

The Second Extra Session of the Second Regular Session of the 80th General Assembly begins.

This marks the day Edward Bates is born.

The Extra Session of the First Regular Session of the 91st General Assembly begins.

The day the Missouri Board of Probation and Parole is established by the Legislature.

The Kansas City School District begins the process of desegregation.

Missouri senators begin the First Extra Session of the First Regular Session of the 75th General Assembly.

The first Missouri State Fair is held.

The Extra Session of the Second Regular Session of the 76th General Assembly continues.

This is the second day of the Extra Session of the Second Regular Session of the 99th General Assembly.

Former Gov., and Missouri Sen., Phil Donnelly passes away.

Missouri senators prepare to close out the Extra Session of the First Regular Session of the 100th General Assembly.

The Extra Session of the Second Regular Session of the 101st General Assembly begins.

The Extra Session of the First Regular Session of the 93rd General Assembly comes to an end.

Today marks the birth date of former State Rep. and U.S. Sen. Waldo Johnson.

The Second Extra Session of the First Regular Session of the 89th General Assembly moves into its sixth day.

The First Regular Session of the First General Assembly meets for the first time in St. Louis.

The Extra Session of the Second Regular Session of the 99th General Assembly concludes.

Missouri senators move into the fourth day of the Extra Session of the Second Regular Session of the 101st General Assembly.

Missouri senators move into the eighth day of the Extra Session of the First Regular Session of the 96th General Assembly.

Riots at the Missouri State Penitentiary begin.

Missouri senators look to address public transportation issues in Kansas City and St. Louis.

The Second Extra Session of the First Regular Session of the 89th General Assembly comes to a close.

Missouri senators take a look at taxation.

The Extra Session of the First Regular Session of the 79th General Assembly comes to an end.

Another extra session deals with taxation.

Missouri senators are in a break, during an extra session called over the flood of '93.

Missouri senators move into the second day of an extra session called for impeachment of a sitting secretary of state.

Lieutenant Gov., and former Missouri Sen., Lilburn Boggs becomes Missouri’s sixth governor.

Jefferson City is chosen as the permanent seat of state government.

This is the day both Thomas Hart Benton and David Barton are selected to represent Missouri in the U.S. Senate.

Missouri senators near conclusion of an extra session aimed at changing rules regarding bonds.

Missouri senators conclude the Extra Session of the Second Regular Session of the 101st General Assembly.

Senate Bills 3 & 5 is signed into law.

Missouri senators work toward resolving several key points in the call for an extra session.

Missouri senators continue to work toward a solution, following the flood of '93.

The Regular Session of the 63rd General Assembly moves into its 120th day.

The Regular Session of the 66th General Assembly reaches its 106th day.

The Regular Session of the 63rd General Assembly now has 14 months to go.

This is the 80th day of the Regular Session of the 65th General Assembly.

This is the 81st day of the Regular Session of the 65th General Assembly.

Missouri senators meet in an extra session to determine the fate of the flood of '93.

The Regular Session of the 65th General Assembly takes another break.

The Regular Session of the 63rd General Assembly nears its halfway point.

Missouri senators vote to impeach a fellow member.

This is “Missouri Day,” which is created by the Legislature on March 22, 1915. “Missouri Day” is always celebrated on the third Wednesday in October.

The Extra Session of the 57th General Assembly begins.

This is the first day of the First Extra Session of the 73rd General Assembly.

This date marks the start of the Adjourned Session of the 19th General Assembly.

Missouri senators begin the second day of the Adjourned Session of the 19th General Assembly.

The Rebel Legislature begins a history-making extra session.

Missouri senators look at addressing a critical drought.

The Extra Session of the First Regular Session of the 82nd General Assembly reaches the end of its first week.

The Extra Session of the 57th General Assembly contains nearly two-dozen points from the executive branch.

Missouri senators wrap up the Extra Session of the First Regular Session of the 96th General Assembly.

Missouri senators move into the fourth day of the First Extra Session of the 73rd General Assembly.

The governor issues Executive Order 44, also known as the “Extermination Order.”

The Missouri General Assembly starts debate on a bill to secede from the Union.

The extra session of the Rebel Legislature moves into its second week.

This is the end of the second week of the Extra Session of the First Regular Session of the 82nd General Assembly.

The Confederate General Assembly starts session.

Saint Charles becomes the temporary home for state government.

Today marks the second day of the Adjourned Session of the 23rd General Assembly.

Missouri voters see several ballot issues with implications to the Legislature.

Today marks start of the Second General Assembly.

This date marks the birth of former Missouri and U.S. Sen. Lewis Fields Linn.

This is the second day of the Second Session of the First General Assembly.

Missouri’s first female state senator is first-elected to the Missouri Senate.

This is the fourth day of the Adjourned Session of the 18th General Assembly.

This is the seventh day of the Adjourned Session of the 23rd General Assembly.

Today marks the first day of the Adjourned Session of the 22nd General Assembly.

This is the second day of the Adjourned Session of the 22nd General Assembly.

This begins the ninth day of the Second Extra Session of the 51st General Assembly.

Missouri senators start the Fourth Extra Session of the 75th General Assembly.

Missouri's Second General Assembly moves into its 10th day.

Missouri’s first State Capitol building burns.

This is the second day of the First Session of the Third General Assembly.

Missouri’s second constitutional convention begins.

Today marks the second day of the Fifth General Assembly.

This is the fourth day of the Sixth General Assembly.

The governor delivers his biennial address to the Missouri General Assembly.

The Seventh General Assembly moves into its third day.

The Eighth General Assembly moves into its sixth day.

Third day of the Ninth General Assembly

Fifth day of the 10th General Assembly

Second week of the 11th General Assembly

Fifth day of the 12th General Assembly

Ninth day of the 13th General Assembly

Third week of the 14th General Assembly

Birth date of Robert William Wells, a former Missouri state representative who designs the state seal

The approximate middle-point of the Adjourned Session of the 18th General Assembly

The State Board of Agriculture is created

Missouri senators vote to go into secret session.

We are approximately one month into the Adjourned Session of the 22nd General Assembly.

This is the beginning of the second month of the Adjourned Session of the 23rd General Assembly.

Lawmakers are approximately halfway through the Second General Assembly.

The beginning of the Adjourned Session of the 26th General Assembly

Today marks the second day of the Adjourned Session of the 26th General Assembly.

This date marks the third day of the Adjourned Session of the 26th General Assembly.

The Missouri General Assembly passes the state's first liquor law.

This is the eighth day of the Fourth Extra Session of the 75th General Assembly.

This is the third-to-last day of the Adjourned Session of the 18th General Assembly.

A truce ends the “Honey War” between Missouri and Iowa.

This is another day of the Adjourned Session of the 23rd General Assembly.

Former Missouri Sen. Lilburn Boggs is born.

Missouri senators are approximately five weeks into the Adjourned Session of the 22nd General Assembly.

This is the 11th day of the Fourth Extra Session of the 75th General Assembly.

A test oath for state voters takes effect.

This is the 45th day of the Extra Session of the 57th General Assembly.

The Second General Assembly reaches its conclusion.

The first portion of the Adjourned Session of the 23rd General Assembly comes to an end.

This is the 14th day of the Fourth Extra Session of the 75th General Assembly.

This is the 49th day of the Extra Session of the 37th General Assembly.

The Extra Session of the 17th General Assembly continues.

The second half of the Extra Session of the 17th General Assembly continues.

The First Regular Session of the 15th General Assembly begins.

The second day of the First Session of the 18th General Assembly

The Missouri Legislature incorporates several new academic institutions.

The second day of the Second Session of the 17th General Assembly

The first day of the First Session of the 19th General Assembly

The Missouri General Assembly abolishes the whipping post, pillory and stocks as a means of punishment.

The governor signs the bill that makes Jefferson City the official, new state capital.