|
1858 | 4 January - Lecompton Constitution rejected by second election |
|
1850 | Compromise of 1850, including Fugitive Slave Act |
|
1854 | April - New England Emigrant Aid Society is formed to colonize free-soilers in Kansas |
|
1854 | 30 May - Passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act |
|
1854 | 1 August - First Emigrant Aid party settles at Lawrence |
|
1854 | November - Thousands of armed Southerners, mostly from Missouri, pour over the state line to vote for a proslavery congressional delegate |
|
1855 | 30 March - Election of the first territorial legislature, proponents of slavery f(mainly rom Missouri) take the entire legislature with one exception ("the bogus legislature") |
|
1855 | April - Free-state men appeal to Gov. Reeder, who orders new elections for districts that that entered protests |
|
1855 | 22 May - New election for legislative delegates in districts with known fraud. |
|
1855 | 08 June - Free-state supporters hold a convention in Lawrence to discuss repudiation of "bogus legislation", schedule a second convention for 25 June |
|
1855 | 25 June - A larger, second convention is held for the purpose of uniting free-state supporters with unified resolves |
|
1855 | 02 July - "Bogus Legislature" (they refuse to seat delegates chosen in new election) meet at Pawnee, adjourn to Shawnee Mission on 12 July for the purpose of adopting the Missouri code of laws for Kansas |
|
1855 | 15 August - Convention held at Lawrence by free-state men to discuss the movement for a state government |
|
1855 | 15 August - Reeder ceases to act as governor; Daniel Woodson becomes acting governor and signs all the laws that the "Bogus Legislature" has passed
|
|
1855 | 1 September - Newly appointed governor, Wilson Shannon, arrives |
|
1855 | 5-6 September - Free State Party formed at Big Springs Convention |
|
1855 | 19 September - Topeka convention called |
|
1855 | 9 October - Free-state election held for members of a constitutional convention (free-state) |
|
1855 | 23 October - Topeka Constitution framed (sent sent to Congress and adopted in the House but voted down by the Senate) |
|
1855 | 14 November - Law and Order Party organized at convention in Leavenworth. |
|
1855 | December - Murder of a free-state man precipitates Wakarus War |
|
1855 | 15 December - Topeka Constitution approved by Free State voters; excludes all blacks |
|
1856 | 15 January - State officers elected under Topeka Constitution, Charles Robinson governor |
|
1856 | Topeka legislature convenes; adjourns 8 March; few laws passed |
|
1856 | 21 May - Sack of Lawrence by pro-slavery forces |
|
1856 | 24 May - John Brown stages the massacre at Pottawatomie Creek |
|
1856 | 2 June - Battle of Black Jack |
|
1856 | 4 June - Free-state forces attack Franklin |
|
1856 | 30 June - Topeka Constitution rejected by Congress, Topeka government not legal. |
|
1856 | 4 July - Topeka legislature dispersed by U.S. troops |
|
1856 | Mid-August - Free-state men take Fort Franklin, Fort Saunders, and Fort Titus |
|
1856 | 21 August - Shannon.resigns; Daniel Woodson acting governor |
|
1856 | 25 August - Acting Governor David Woodson declares Kansas Territory in open rebellion |
|
1856 | 30 August - Battle of Osawatomie |
|
1856 | 9 September - Newly appointed governor, John W. Geary, arrives in Leavenworth |
|
1856 | 13 September - Battle of Hickory Point |
|
1856 | 10 October - Free-State "Army of the North" enters Kansas via Iowa and Nebraska |
|
1856 | 29 november -Pro-government candidate, J. W. Whitfield, elected territorial delegate to Congress
|
|
1857 | 7 January - Free-State legislature met at Topeka. |
|
1857 | 12 January - Law and Order Party reorganised as National Democratic Party at Lecompton |
|
1857 | 12 January - Second territorial legislature convened at Lecompton |
|
1857 | 4 March - Gov. Geary resigns; Stanton is acting governor |
|
1857 | Gov. Geary resigns |
|
1857 | 10 April - Robert J. Walker appointed governor |
|
1857 | 24 May - Gov. Robert J. Walker arrives, promises fair dealings with all political factions. |
|
1857 | 15 June - Shawnee legislature holds election for constitutional convention; free-state men do not recognise the election, so the convention is completely pro-slavery |
|
1857 | 7 September - Lecompton Constitutional Convention convenes |
|
1857 | 5 October - Election day - territorial legislature: pro-slavery supporters take the election by fraud |
|
1857 | 5-6 October - Free-Staters elected majority to territorial legislature |
|
1857 | Mid-October - Governor refuses to recognise fraudulent returns, gives certificates of election to free-state candidates; he is shortly relieved of office |
|
1857 | 19 October - Lecompton Convention - a pro-slavery constitution is framed and sent to Congress without being subject to a vote of the people |
|
1857 | 2 December - Free-state convention held in Lawrence |
|
1857 | 7 December - Gov. Stanton calls a special session of the legislature to pass a bill providing for a vote on the Lecompton constitution |
|
1857 | 17 December - Gov. Walker resigns |
|
1857 | 21 December - James W. Denver becomes acting governor |
|
1857 | 21 December - Lecompton Constitution with slavery approved by pro government voters; Free-Staters d0 not participate |
|
1858 | 4 January - First session of legislature to be controlled by Free-Staters meets at Lecompton |
|
1858 | 4 March - Last meeting of Topeka legislature, no quorum because of lack of interest |
|
1858 | 23 March - Constitutional convention meets at Minneola, votes to move to Leavenworth |
|
1858 | 18 May - Leavenworth Constitution approved by voters, it prohibits slavery and allows black citizenship. |
|
1858 | 19 May - Marais des Cygne Massacre |
|
1858 | 2 August - Final vote rejects Lecompton Constitution under English Bill |
|
1858 | 10 October - Gov. Denver resigns |
|
1858 | 1 December - Samuel Medary becomes governor |
|
1858 | 16 December - James Montgomery raids Fort Scott and frees a prisoner |
|
1858 | 20 December - John Brown frees 11 slaves in Missouri |
|
1859 | January - 4th legislature assembles - repeals "bogus laws" appoints a codifying commission to arrange the laws of the territory |
|
1859 | 25 January - Battle of the Spurs, John Brown leaves Kansas with 12 freed slaves |
|
1859 | 18 May - Free-State Party reorganised as Republican Party at Osawatomie |
|
1859 | 5 July - Wyandotte Constitutional Convention opens |
|
1859 | 4 October - Voters accept Wyandotte Constitution |
|
1859 | 16 October - John Brown's attack on Harper's Ferry |
|
1859 | 6 December - Charles Robinson elected governor under Wyandotte Constitution |
|
1860 | 11 April - U.S. House accepts Wyandotte Constitution |
|
1860 | 2 December - John Brown hung by the state of Virginia |
|
1860 | 17 December - Gov. Medary resigns; George M. Beebe becomes acting governor |
|
1861 | 7 January - Last territorial legislature meets at Lecompton, adjourns to Lawrence |
|
1861 | 21 January - U. S. Senate approves Wyandotte Constitution; slave states have seceded |
|
1861 | 29 January - Kansas is admitted to the Union as a free state |
