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 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 Alabama State Capitol, State Capitol, but the Legislature has, since 1985, met in the Alabama State House, State House.
A capitol typically contains the meeting place for its state's State legislature (United States), legislature and offices for the state's Governor (United States), 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, the offices there are for ceremonial use only.
In nine states, the state's State supreme court, highest court also routinely meets in the capitol: Indiana, Kentucky, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma (both Oklahoma Supreme Court, civil and Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals, 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 the high court also has ceremonial meetings at the capitol.
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 the National Register of Historic Places, marked with ''NRHP''. Nineteen of those are further designated as National Historic Landmarks, marked with ''NHL''.
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State capitols
Territorial and federal district capitols
See also
* List of capitals in the United States
* Chickasaw Nation Capitols
* Chickasaw Capitol Building
* Choctaw Capitol Building
References
External links
Cupolas of Capitalism State Capitol Building Histories ''Cupola.com''.
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State capitols in the United States, *
States of the United States-related lists, Capitols
Lists of government buildings in the United States, Capitols
Legislatures-related lists, U.S. state and territorial capitols