Historedia
Group or institution

Pennsylvania state legislature

Events
1
Episodes
2
Years
1812

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Pennsylvania state legislature, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Pennsylvania's capital moves to Harrisburg

    1812

    Role: Body that selected Harrisburg as the state capital in 1812

    1. 1812 · Lancaster, Pennsylvania, whose tenure as state capital ended in 1812Lancaster's tenure as state capital concludes

      Lancaster lost the state capital role it had held since 1799, when government sat at its 1784 Court House.

    2. October 1812 · Harrisburg, newly named state capitalPennsylvania's capital moves from Lancaster to Harrisburg

      In October 1812 the Pennsylvania legislature named Harrisburg the state capital, ending Lancaster's tenure and making the move permanent.

Sources

  1. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-20