User:Ozark History/Republic of Missouri

The Republic of Missouri was de facto country established by pro-Confederate Governor Claiborne Fox Jackson and other Southern sympathizers, during Missouri's transition to the Confederate States from the United States.

History
"A state convention was called in 1861 to decide whether Missouri would secede or remain in the Union. The assembly first met in Jefferson City on February 28, 1861. Jackson aligned himself with the pro-Southern majority and believed that the state convention would vote for secession. Instead, they vacated the offices of governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state.

Ignoring the convention order, Jackson declared Missouri a free republic and dissolved all ties with the Union on August 5, 1861. He unsuccessfully summoned the old assembly to meet in November. They passed a formal ordinance of secession and appointed senators and representatives to the Confederacy. On November 28, 1861, the Confederate States of America admitted Missouri."

At the same time that Governor Jackson had established Missouri as a free republic and had the state admitted to the CSA, Missouri was still technically apart of the United States, being run by a Union provisional government.