When the First Transcontinental Railroad was proposed in the 1850s, Atchison called for it to be built along the central route ( from St. Louis through Missouri, Kansas, and Utah ), rather the southern route ( from New Orleans through Texas and New Mexico ).

When the Missouri Mormons were later asked to leave Clay County in 1836, they secured land in what would become Caldwell County.

When Williams was eight years old his father was promoted to a job at the home office of the International Shoe Company in St. Louis, Missouri in the Midwest.

When Louisiana became a state in 1812, the remaining territory was renamed Missouri Territory to avoid confusion.

When the Missouri Territory was organized in 1812, St. Louis was the seat of government.

When the Standard Oil Trust was broken up in 1911, Indiana Standard was assigned marketing territory covering most of the Midwestern United States, including Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri.

When the War of 1812 came to the Missouri Territory, Boone's sons Daniel Morgan Boone and Nathan Boone took part, but by that time Boone was too old for militia duty.

When Dunson establishes that none of these wayfarers have seen the railroad, he disregards the news in favor of plugging on to Missouri.

When formed in 1843, Texas County was named after William H. Ashley, the first lieutenant governor of Missouri, but when the county was officially organized on February 14, 1845, it was renamed for the Republic of Texas.

When Missouri was first being settled, the Osage Native Americans were the only tribe between the Osage River and the Mississippi.

When Congress created the Territory of Missouri in 1812, what became Ripley County was in New Madrid County.

When Missouri was granted statehood, Perry County was organized out of the parent district.

When Kansas Territory was incorporated in 1854 due to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Missouri Compromise of 1820 was essentially repealed.

When Missouri was granted statehood in 1821, a decision was made to build a " City of Jefferson " to serve as the state capital, in the center of the state, overlooking the Missouri River.

When this cemetery was closed nine years later, Taylor Blow transferred Scott's coffin to a plot in the nearby Catholic cemetery, Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri, which permitted burial of non-Catholic slaves by Catholic owners.

When the township was organized in 1843, the Michigan State Legislature named it " Tom Benton ", after Thomas Hart Benton, the notable U. S. Senator from Missouri.

When a University of Missouri student, questioned on radio, was unable to give an account of her hometown's name, the question was put to L. Mitchell White, then editor and publisher of the Mexico Ledger: "' The first settlers found a wooden sign along the trail.

When first settled, Knob Noster was part of Cooper County which took in all of the territory between the Osage and Missouri Rivers.

When Missouri outlawed the sport, the grounds were taken over by Kinloch Airfield, which saw some historic flights.

When the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway built a line through the Choctaw Nation in 1872, the community of Cale was established on the east side of the tracks.

When the Post interests sold the business in 1945 to Ely and Walker Dry Goods Company of St. Louis, Missouri, the plant was producing six million yards of cloth a year and employed 375 workers who manufactured Postex cotton sheets and Garza pillow cases.

When the detectives and their prisoner reached St. Louis, Missouri and changed trains, they were guarded by 20 local policemen to prevent a mob rescue attempt.

When the surveyors for the Missouri Pacific Railroad came through, the local people and the railroad wanted to name the town in Dr. Lea's honor.

When his district was redrawn by the Whigs, that party had won the past two gubernatorial elections, in addition to gaining control of the legislature.

When his term expired he was elected to the same seat ( by the Mississippi legislature, as the constitution mandated at the time ).

When elected by the legislature, Clay was below the constitutionally required age of thirty.

When the first counties were created by the Kansas legislature in 1855, the territory within the present limits of the county was attached to Riley County for all revenue and judicial purposes.

When the legislature decided to relocate there, they proposed the name " Missouriopolis " but later settled on Jefferson City.

When the Wisconsin Territory was created in 1836 the territorial legislature convened in Belmont, Wisconsin.

When Tasmania granted Betfair a license despite these efforts the Western Australian state legislature passed a law that specifically criminalised using betting exchanges from within the state ; however, that law was later ruled to be unconstitutional.

When the extent of the Separatist threat becomes clear in Episode II, the Old Republic Senate, the legislature of the Republic, grants Palpatine emergency powers to deal with the crisis.

When Florida was admitted as a state, Levy was elected by the new state legislature as one of Florida's first two U. S. Senators ; he served from 1845 to 1851, and again from 1855 to 1861.

When he arrived in Williamsburg, the legislature was already in session.

When finally granted by the emperor as a sign of his sharing his authority and giving rights and liberties to his subjects, the 1889 Constitution of the Empire of Japan ( the Meiji Constitution ) provided for the Imperial Diet ( Teikoku Gikai ), composed of a popularly elected House of Representatives with a very limited franchise of male citizens who were over twenty-five years of age and paid fifteen yen in national taxes, about one percent of the population, and the House of Peers, composed of nobility and imperial appointees ; and a cabinet responsible to the emperor and independent of the legislature.

When the territorial legislature set the boundaries of Eddy County, in 1889, Seven Rivers was named the county seat.

When the decision was taken to separate the judiciary and legislature, in 2007, by transforming the House of Lords Judicial Committee of Law Lords into the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom it was given the Middlesex Guildhall in Parliament Square as its residence.

When the legislature acted to create the county, however, they named it after another grandson, James K. Polk, who was the Speaker of the House in the U. S. House of Representatives at the time, and later, President.

When Arkansas achieved statehood the same year Texas declared itself an independent republic in 1836 a dispute over the common border arose, with the area in Miller County having representation in both the Arkansas legislature and the Texas congress.

When the Milwaukee Normal School persisted with its popular enhanced curriculum, the regents of the Normal School system, the legislature, and the governor all became involved.

When the state legislature created Mendocino County in 1859, Ukiah was chosen as the county seat.

When Winn Parish was officially formed by the state legislature in 1852, Winnfield was established as the parish seat.

When the railroad built a stop at La Plata, it began to lobby the legislature to move the county seat there, which was accomplished in 1895.

When Nobles County was formally created by the Minnesota legislature on May 23, 1857, Gretchtown was brielfy designated as the county seat of Nobles County, a county at that time without any residents.

When Goodspeed published its History of Tennessee in 1887, the Union County section included a brief biography of Roy's grandfather, Coram Acuff ( 1846 – 1931 ), who represented Union County in the state legislature.

When the time came to present arguments to the state legislature regarding which town should be the county seat, someone apparently intentionally intoxicated the representative of a rival community, and Ephrata was chosen.

When Social Credit lost a motion of no confidence in the legislature in March 1953, Winch argued that the CCF should be allowed to try to form a government instead of the house being dissolved for an early election.

When living in Sonoma, he stood for election to represent the region in the California legislature but was defeated by James Bennett of Santa Rosa.