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Events on Tuesday 14 December 1819 1
1819Alabama admitted as 22nd US stateAlabama joins the UnionAlabama was admitted to the United States as the twenty-second state, carved out of the former Mississippi Territory. Its admission added to the growing sectional balance debate between free and slave states that would soon erupt over Missouri's statehood. Huntsville served briefly as the first state capital.