[nitpick]Honolulu[/nitpick]
More recently than that, I believe north Florida (including Tallahassee) got a bit of snow in the 90s. Newspaper human-interest stories about folks in places like Valdosta GA buying 17-year-old sleds that had been shipped to the wrong store outlets by accident, kids making the first snowman ever, no one knowing how to drive on the stuff, etc.
Montpellier, VT gets a vote from me for Most Implausible State Capital. It’s like this little village with a statehouse in it. It’s cute as a button.
I’ll nominate Ohio and New Jersey for two states in which the governor’s mansion is not located in the capital city. I believe it’s Princeton for New Jersey and Bexley (an enclave city of Columbus) for Ohio.
Ah, but this would have been during a time when California was not a state; so it’s capital couldn’t be a state capital.
Pierre SD is a serious contender for “Most often mispronounced.” Montpelier might possibly earn honorable mention here.
If by “up to the present” you mean “and is still the capital”, wouldn’t that be Honolulu, capital of the most recent state admitted? I don’t think there have been any capital-shifts elsewhere in the USA since then.
Honolulu, HI, is also the southernmost and westernmost state capital. The northernmost is Juneau, AK, and the easternmost is Augusta, ME.
Tallest state capitol building: Baton Rouge, LA (450 ft).
Nicely done and in the spirit of the thread.
Your take on the “shortest time” issue was what I had in mind. What with all the multi-capital states that might be involved in getting a clear distinction on which state’s capital was capital for the shortest span of time, the answer you have is likely the correct one. If it isn’t, and somebody can show that one of the current capitals is more recently the capital than Hawaii and Alaska becoming states (I was in high school at that time 
) that would be good to know.
In case it isn’t obvious, my knowledge of state capitals is pretty much limited to their names.
If anybody has some good links to trivia on the state capitals please post them in this thread.
Madison might be the only state capital that has a marijuana festval on it’s lawn (unless that has been discontinued).
I expect that many of the small ones would qualify. Frankfort KY is the one I know best. It might be easier to come up wih the ones which are the least dominated by state government. Denver, Indy, Nashville and Phoenix come to mind.
Why, that city is so small, it doesn’t even have room for two "L"s in its name! 
[Although, to be fair, its French namesake is much larger and thus does have room for two "L"s.]
The Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln is unique among US States in that the state legislature that meets there is unicameral (i.e. no separate House and Senate) and nonpartisan (no primaries). It’s also the second tallest capitol building after Baton Rouge.
Too bad we haven’t yet made up our mind to join… I would then be sitting in the oldest city to be a state capital and the one that has been a capital of its jurisdiction for the longest (1521, babe…).
I wanted to say Honolulu is the only former national capitol, but Austin was the capitol of the Republic of Texas from 1839-1845.
The population is about 20% white, that has to be the lowest. Jackson, Mississippi is 27% white. (per Wikipedia)
Not only is Honolulu the largest city in the state, but the only city in the state. No other town has more than 45,000 people. 75% of the state lives in Honolulu’s metro area.
Capitals named for presidents –
Madison, Wisconsin
Jefferson City, Missouri
Jackson, Mississippi
Lincoln, Nebraska
Madison for wierd, Austin for wierd, fine. Sacramento is one of the more normal cities in California, and that makes it rather peculiar in these parts. It’s the state’s biggest agricultural city, which is interesting because people forget sometimes how much California is into farming.
…and ‘Sacrament’, CA ties with ‘Holy Faith’, New Mexico, for the state capital potentially most offensive to non-Christians.
And where does St. Paul, MN fit in that list?
Sacramento is the smoggiest capitol city.
Sacramento is probably the most diverse, in terms of having sheer variety.
Oklahoma City
Is the only state capitol with working oil pumps on the capitol grounds. It also has the smallest function oil pump (the nodding donkey type) inside the building.
It is also, probably, the easiest state capitol to remember.
capital
doh!
stupid spell checker
grrr…
Not even close though, Honolulu has that one in the bag. The O should be pronounced oh but damn near everyone says ah. I actually find it hard to pronounce correctly.
Not sure who figures out the elevation though. My building sits just three feet above sea level.
We should also be #1 for least extreme temperature variation with a difference of 8.5° and least White with only 19.7%.
I wish I could help with the others but the longest I’ve spent in another capital was 3 days in Atlanta.