9-432: ( Alabama to Missouri , Montana to Wyoming ) This is a list of state and territorial capitols in the United States , the building or complex of buildings from which the government of each U.S. state , the District of Columbia , and the organized territories of the United States , exercise its authority . While most states (39 of the 50) use the term "capitol" for their state's seat of government , Indiana and Ohio use
18-496: Is a list of U.S. state representatives . This list contains the names of U.S. state representatives in the 25 states, listed alphabetically, from Alabama to Missouri. For the remaining 25 states, please see List of U.S. state representatives (Montana to Wyoming) . From the 50 state legislatures in the United States, the following superlatives emerge: There are a total of 5,411 state representatives nationwide, with
27-683: The National Register of Historic Places , marked with NRHP . Nineteen of those are further designated as National Historic Landmarks , marked with NHL . Download coordinates as: 1960 (State House; the Legislature moved into the building in 1985) Originally called the District Building until renamed in 1994 after district councilor John A. Wilson List of U.S. state representatives (Alabama to Missouri) ( Alabama to Missouri , Montana to Wyoming ) This
36-434: The average state house having 110 members. The 49 lower houses of state legislatures in the United States – Nebraska lacks a lower house – have various names: Non-Voting Tribal Representatives Lower house A lower house is the lower chamber of a bicameral legislature , where the other chamber is the upper house . Although styled as "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide,
45-428: The high court also has ceremonial meetings at the capitol. Most U.S. capitol buildings are in the neoclassical style with a central dome , which are based on the U.S. Capitol , and are often in a park-like setting. Eleven of the fifty state capitols do not feature a dome: Alaska, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee, and Virginia. Forty-four capitols are listed on
54-445: The lower house has come to wield more power or otherwise exert significant political influence. In comparison with the upper house, lower houses frequently display certain characteristics (though they vary by jurisdiction). In a parliamentary system , the lower house: In a presidential system , the lower house: The lower house: Members of the lower house: The government of the day is usually required to present its budget to
63-486: The offices there are for ceremonial use only. In nine states, the state's highest court also routinely meets in the capitol: Indiana , Kentucky , Nebraska , North Dakota , Oklahoma (both civil and criminal courts), Pennsylvania (one of three sites), South Dakota , West Virginia , and Wisconsin . The other 40 states have separate buildings for their supreme courts, though in Michigan , Minnesota , and Utah
72-534: The state's governor , though this is not true for every state. The legislatures of Alabama , Nevada , and North Carolina meet in other nearby buildings, but their governor's offices remain in the capitol. The Arizona State Capitol is now strictly a museum and both the legislature and the governor's office are in nearby buildings. Only Arizona does not have its governor's office in the state capitol, though in Delaware , Ohio , Michigan , Vermont , and Virginia ,
81-458: The term "Statehouse" and eight states use "State House": Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Vermont. Delaware has a "Legislative Hall". The State of Alabama has a State Capitol , but the Legislature has, since 1985, met in the State House . A capitol typically contains the meeting place for its state's legislature and offices for
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