Request a brochure Civil War Encyclopedia Blue and Gray Trail Civil War in Georgia On the Blue and Gray Trail Civil War by state Today in the Civil War Battles Images Places Feature Stories Links Search Who we are	Civil War Timeline / Chronology for 1854 <<Previous year    Next year>> Civil War Navidater Century 1700's 1800's 1900's 2000's Decade 1800's 1810's 1820's 1830's 1840's 1850's 1860's 1870's 1880's 1890's Year 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 January 2, 1854 The bill that would become the Kansas-Nebraska Act is printed for the first time.   Kansas-Nebraska Act January 4, 1854 Committee of Terrortories chairman Stephen Douglas reports the Kansas-Nebraska Act.   Stephen A. Douglas   Kansas-Nebraska Act January 16, 1854 Kentucky Senator Dixon offers an amendment to the Kansas-Nebraska Act repealing the Missouri Compromise.   Kansas-Nebraska Act   Missouri Compromise (Compromise of 1820) January 23, 1854 Following a discussion with Franklin Pierce and Secretary of War Jefferson Davis, Douglas releases the Nebraska act with two significant changes: Two terrortories, Kansas and Nebraska will be formed and the Missouri Compromise is superceded and inoperative.   Stephen A. Douglas   Jefferson Davis   Franklin Pierce   Kansas-Nebraska Act   Missouri Compromise (Compromise of 1820) January 24, 1854 Salmon Chase (writer) and Charles Sumner (editor) release the "Appeal of the Independent Democrats in Congress to the People of the United States," attacking the Nebraska Act. (the appeal was written before the act was revised)   Charles Sumner   Salmon P. Chase   Kansas-Nebraska Act February 7, 1854 Steven Douglas resubmits the Nebraska Act as the Kansas-Nebraska Act and extends the law of the United States to the territories.   Kansas-Nebraska Act   Stephen A. Douglas March 3, 1854 March 4, 1854 Stephen Douglas stands his ground in the Senate as he closes debate on the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Biographers consider this to be one of his shining moments. Finally, at 5:00 am on the 4th, the Senate passes the bill, 37 to 14   Stephen A. Douglas   Kansas-Nebraska Act March 20, 1854 In Ripon, a group of citizens under led by attorney Alvan E. Bovay met in a schoolhouse in support of the abolition of slavery. They adopted the name "Republicans" Wisconsin April 26, 1854 Emory Washburn signs legislation officially recognizing the Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Company. It founded by Eli Thayer, Alexander H. Bullock and Edward Everett Hale.   Bleeding Kansas May 22, 1854 Invoking seldom-used Clause 119 of the House Rules, Alexander Stephens outwits the opponents of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in the House and passes the bill after an unfavorable return from committee   Kansas-Nebraska Act   Alexander Stephens May 26, 1854 Joint Committee of Congress approves the Kansas-Nebraska Act Kansas   Kansas-Nebraska Act [Full Text]   Kansas-Nebraska Act May 30, 1854 President Franklin Pierce signs the Kansas-Nebraska Act into law. Kansas   Bleeding Kansas   Kansas becomes a state   Causes of the Civil War   Kansas-Nebraska Act   Franklin Pierce July 6, 1854 Meeting in Jackson a group of Republicans present the first statewide platform and nominate a slate of candidates Michigan July 7, 1854 Franklin Pierce swears Andrew Reeder in as territorial governor of Kansas in Washington, D. C. Kansas   Franklin Pierce July 28, 1854 First settlers arrive in Kansas under the New England Emigrant Society charter. They set up tents on the Kansas River, west of its confluence with the Missouri.   Bleeding Kansas August 1, 1854 City of Lawrence, Kansas is founded Kansas   Bleeding Kansas October 18, 1854 James Buchanan pens the Ostend Manifesto   James Buchanan November 29, 1854 Pro-slavery forces from Missouri cross the Kansas border and elect John Whitfield, a pro-slavery candidate as territorial delegate to Washington. More than 1,700 illegal votes were registered Kansas Civil War Navidater Century 1700's 1800's 1900's 2000's Decade 1800's 1810's 1820's 1830's 1840's 1850's 1860's 1870's 1880's 1890's Year 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 The best search in Civil War History
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