A few of these were temporary, until the permanent location was chosen or built. Sorted by state and date.
| Located in | Place | When, Whose
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| ALABAMA | St. Stephens, Alabama | territorial capital (1817–1819)
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| Huntsville, Alabama | 1819
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| Cahaba, Alabama | 1820–1826
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| Tuscaloosa, Alabama | 1826–1846
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| Montgomery, Alabama | current, also first capital of Confederate States of America
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| ALASKA | Sitka, Alaska | district capital (–1906)
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| Juneau, Alaska | district capital (1906–1912) territorial capital, current
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| ARIZONA | Prescott, Arizona | territorial capital (–1867; 1877–1889)
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| Tucson, Arizona | territorial capital (1867–1877)
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| Phoenix, Arizona | current
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| ARKANSAS | Arkansas Post, Arkansas | territorial (1819–1821)
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| Washington, Arkansas | Confederate capital (1863–1865)
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| Little Rock, Arkansas | territorial; current
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| CALIFORNIA | Monterey, California | capital under Spanish and Mexican rule
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| San Jose, California | –1851
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| Vallejo, California | 1851–
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| Benicia, California | 1853–1854
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| Sacramento, California | current
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| COLORADO | Golden, Colorado | territorial capital (1862–1867)
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| Denver, Colorado | current
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| CONNECTICUT | Hartford, Connecticut | current
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| New Haven, Connecticut | co-capital with Hartford (1701–1873)
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| DELAWARE | New Castle, Delaware | colonial capital
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| Dover, Delaware | current
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| FLORIDA | St. Augustine, Florida | Spanish and territorial capital (–1824), alternated with Pensacola
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| Pensacola, Florida | Spanish and territorial capital (–1824), alternated with St. Augustine
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| Tallahassee, Florida | territorial, current
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| GEORGIA | Savannah, Georgia | (colonial)
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| Augusta, Georgia |
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| Louisville, Georgia | ~1799
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| Milledgeville, Georgia | 1803–1868
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| Atlanta, Georgia | current
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| HAWAII | Lahaina, Hawaii | capital of the Kingdom ( –1840)
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| Honolulu, Hawaii | current
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| IDAHO | Lewiston, Idaho | territorial (1863–1864)
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| Boise, Idaho | territorial, current
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| ILLINOIS | Kaskaskia, Illinois | 1818–1819
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| Vandalia, Illinois | 1819–1839
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| Springfield, Illinois | current
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| INDIANA | Vincennes, Indiana | territorial capital (1800–1813)
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| Corydon, Indiana | 1816–1825
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| Indianapolis, Indiana | current
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| IOWA | Burlington, Iowa | 1838–1841
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| Iowa City, Iowa | 1841–1857
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| Des Moines, Iowa | current
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| KANSAS | Pawnee near Fort Riley, Kansas | territorial capital
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| Topeka, Kansas | current
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| KENTUCKY | Danville, Kentucky | capital Virginia's Kentucky District
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| Bowling Green, Kentucky | Confederate capital
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| Frankfort, Kentucky | current
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| LOUISIANA | New Orleans, Louisiana | 1812–1849 except 1830; 1865–1880
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| Donaldsonville, Louisiana | 1830
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| Opelousas, Louisiana | 1862 in war
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| Shreveport, Louisiana | 1863
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| Baton Rouge, Louisiana | current
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| MAINE | Portland, Maine | 1820–1832
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| Augusta, Maine | current
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| MARYLAND | St. Mary's City, Maryland | colonial capital ( –1694)
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| Annapolis, Maryland | current (initially named "Anne Arundel Town")
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| MASSACHUSETTS | Boston, Massachusetts | current (1630–)
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| MICHIGAN | Detroit, Michigan | territorial capital, state capital 1837–1847
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| Lansing, Michigan | current
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| MINNESOTA | Saint Paul, Minnesota | territorial, current
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| MISSISSIPPI | Natchez, Mississippi | territorial capital
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| Washington near Natchez, Mississippi |
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| Jackson, Mississippi | current (renamed from "LeFleur's Bluff")
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| MISSOURI | St. Louis, Missouri | territorial capital
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| Saint Charles, Missouri | 1821–1825
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| Marshall, Texas | Civil War Capital of exiled pro-confederate state officials and ousted Governor of Missouri
|
| Jefferson City, Missouri | current
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| MONTANA | Bannack, Montana | territorial capital
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| Virginia City, Montana | territorial capital (1864–1875)
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| Helena, Montana | current
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| NEBRASKA | Omaha, Nebraska | territorial capital
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| Lincoln, Nebraska | current
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| NEVADA | Carson City, Nevada | territorial, current
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| NEW HAMPSHIRE | Portsmouth, New Hampshire | colonial, state (–1808)
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| Exeter, New Hampshire | Revolutionary War capital
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| Concord, New Hampshire | current
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| NEW JERSEY | Elizabethtown, New Jersey | colonial capital (–1686)
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| Trenton, New Jersey | current
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| NEW MEXICO | Mesilla, New Mexico | declared capital of Confederate Arizona Territory
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| Santa Fe, New Mexico | current
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| NEW YORK | Kingston, New York | (1777)
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| Hurley (city), New York | (Oct–Dec 1777)
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| Poughkeepsie | (1777–)
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| New York, New York | (1789–1797)
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| Albany, New York | current
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| NORTH CAROLINA | New Bern, North Carolina | –1794
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| Raleigh, North Carolina | current
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| NORTH DAKOTA | Bismarck, North Dakota | territorial (1883–1889), current
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| OHIO | Chillicothe, Ohio | 1803–1810; 1812–1816
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| Zanesville, Ohio | 1810–1812
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| Columbus, Ohio | current
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| OKLAHOMA | Guthrie, Oklahoma | 1889–1910
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| Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | current
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| OREGON | Oregon City, Oregon | territorial capital (–1851)
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| Corvallis, Oregon | territorial capital (1855)
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| Salem, Oregon | current
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| PENNSYLVANIA | Lancaster, Pennsylvania | 1799–1812
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| Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | current
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| RHODE ISLAND | Providence, Rhode Island | current
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| SOUTH CAROLINA | Charleston, South Carolina |
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| Columbia, South Carolina | current
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| SOUTH DAKOTA | Yankton, South Dakota | Capital Dakota territory (1861–1883)
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| Pierre, South Dakota | current
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| TENNESSEE | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1796–1812; 18..
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| Murfreesboro, Tennessee | 1819–1826
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| Nashville, Tennessee | current
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| TEXAS | Washington, Texas | first capital of the Republic of Texas, today called "Washington-on-the-Brazos"
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| Galveston, Texas | temporary capital of the Republic of Texas
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| Harrisburg, Texas | temporary capital of the Republic of Texas
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| Velasco, Texas | temporary capital of the Republic of Texas
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| Columbia, Texas | temporary capital of the Republic of Texas, today called "West Columbia"
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| Houston, Texas | capital of the Republic of Texas from 1837 to 1839
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| Austin, Texas | current (initially named "Waterloo"; changed in the 19th c.)
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| UTAH | Fillmore, Utah | territorial capital
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| Salt Lake City, Utah | current
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| VERMONT | Montpelier, Vermont | current
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| VIRGINIA | Jamestown, Virginia | first colonial capital
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| Williamsburg, Virginia | colonial capital (initially "Middle Plantation")
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| Yorktown, Virginia | colonial capital
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| Richmond, Virginia | current (also capital of the Confederate States of America)
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| WASHINGTON | Olympia, Washington | territorial, current
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| WEST VIRGINIA | Wheeling, West Virginia | first capital; 1863–1870, 1875–1885
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| Charleston, West Virginia | 1870–1875, 1885–present
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| WISCONSIN | Belmont, Wisconsin | territorial capital
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| Madison, Wisconsin | current
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| WYOMING | Cheyenne, Wyoming | territorial, current
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