Former US state capitals

Name all the US towns and cities that were formerly the capital of its state.

Confederate capitals don't count

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Hint	Answer
Alabama, 1819-1820	Huntsville
Alabama, 1820-1826	Cahawba
Alabama, 1826-1846	Tuscaloosa
California, 1850-1852	San Jose
California, 1852-1853	Vallejo
California, 1853-1854	Benicia
Connecticut, 1776-1873 (jointly)	New Haven
Delaware, 1776-1777	Newcastle
Georgia, 1776-1778, 1782, 1784-1786	Savannah
Georgia, 1778-1780, 1786-1796	Augusta
Georgia, 1780-1781	Heard's Fort
Georgia, 1782-1784	Ebenezer
Georgia, 1796-1807	Louisville
Georgia, 1807-1864, 1865-1868	Milledgeville
Georgia, 1864-1865	Macon
Illinois, 1818-1820	Kaskaskia
Illinois, 1820-1839	Vandalia
Indiana, 1816-1825	Corydon
Iowa, 1846-1857	Iowa City
Louisiana, 1812-1830, 1831-1849, 1865-1880	New Orleans
Louisiana, 1830-1831	Donaldsonville
Louisiana, 1862-1863	Opelousas
Louisiana, 1863-1865	Shreveport
Maine, 1820-1827	Portland
Michigan, 1837-1847	Detroit
Mississippi, 1817-1821	Natchez

Hint	Answer
Missouri, 1821-1826	Saint Charles
New Hampshire, 1776-1808	Exeter
New Jersey, 1776-1784 (jointly)	Burlington
New Jersey, 1776-1784 (jointly)	Perth Amboy
New York, 1776-1777, 1788-1797	New York City
New York, 1777 (acting)	Kingston
New York, 1777 (acting)	Hurley
New York, 1777-1788	Poughkeepsie
North Carolina, 1776-1789	New Bern
North Carolina, 1789-1794	Fayetteville
Ohio, 1803-1810, 1812-1816	Chillicothe
Ohio, 1810-1812	Zanesville
Oklahoma, 1907-1910	Guthrie
Pennsylvania, 1776-1799	Philadelphia
Pennsylvania, 1799-1812	Lancaster
Rhode Island, 1776-1853 (jointly)	Bristol
Rhode Island, 1776-1853 (jointly)	East Greenwich
Rhode Island, 1776-1853 (jointly)	South Kingstown
Rhode Island, 1776-1899 (jointly)	Newport
South Carolina, 1776-1786	Charlestown
Tennessee, 1796-1812, 1817-1818	Knoxville
Tennessee, 21 September 1807	Kingston
Tennessee, 1818-1826	Murfreesboro
Vermont, 1791-1805	Windsor
Virginia, 1776-1780	Williamsburg
West Virginia, 1863-1870, 1875-1885	Wheeling

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