# US States Capitals Superlatives: Help build a list

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**Created:** [April 25, 2006, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-states-capitals-superlatives-help-build-a-list/354179 "2006-04-25T18:08:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 30, 2006, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-states-capitals-superlatives-help-build-a-list/354179/101 "2006-04-30T06:43:09Z")

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[QUOTE=AuntbeastAnd OMG, Madison sounds like such a cool place! Who knew things could be that nifty in Wisconsin.[/QUOTE]  
It is interesting.

They recently built a brand-new Convention Center, from a Frank Lloyd Wright design done in 1959, the year of his death, 47 years ago. Link: [http://www.mononaterrace.com/inspired/lifework.html](http://www.mononaterrace.com/inspired/lifework.html)

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**Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-states-capitals-superlatives-help-build-a-list/354179/102 "2006-05-01T13:45:19Z")

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> [@Giles](#):
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> Chillicothe was the capital of Ohio for three periods: 1803-1809, 1812-1816, and for one day, on the bicentennial of the state, March 1, 2003. (I was in Chillicothe on the last of those occasions.) I doubt if a city has been state capital for less than a day.

I’m not sure that these “capital for a day” events should count. Anyway, I believe that during Voinovich’s governorship, such honours was bestowed on several places around the state, so Chillicothe would be beat out by several cities that never were real capitals.

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**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-states-capitals-superlatives-help-build-a-list/354179/103 "2006-05-02T01:46:55Z")

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> [@tomndebb](#):
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> You may need to change that to the only capitol without a cupola. There is no dome on the [Ohio capitol](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ohio_Statehouse.jpg). There also no dome on Oregon’s as noted in **garygnu** ’s link, and the dome atop the capitol in Lincoln Nebraska is almost lost atop the early 20th century skscraper on which it sits.

Honolulu has [no dome](http://www.pochawaii.com/news_12_01_04_files/hawaii_state_capital.jpg) , either. The capitol is [open-aired](http://www.hawaiischoolreports.com/images/cap015.jpg) .

It’s right next door the only former royal palace on US soil.

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