Was there ever a plan to relocate the United States Capital to St. Louis?

Question

I have found this listed in an old history book , about how the U.S. Government had a plan to move the Capital to St. Louis...does anybody know if this is a fact or is there any website when i can research on this topic?

Answer 1

Nope. It will bee too expensive to move all those heavy marble monuments.

Answer 2

The capital used to be EVERYWHERE but then the Government took some land from Maryland and other states and made it into the PERMANENT capital. Yes, there were plans for emergency Capitals, like if something happened to Washington D.C. So yes, St. Louis may have been one possibililty at a time, but not a permanent one.

Answer 3

I reads from this short article that I found on the web that the idea of centralizing the Capital has been tossed around more than once. It may have even been brought up for a vote at one time or another. If Edgar Springs, Missouri is anywhere near St. Louis, then both cities have probably been considered.
"When the United States was founded, Washington D.C. was a stone's throw away from the center of population of the United States, giving everyone as equal an opportunity as possible to participate in those vibrant demonstrations of democracy we have come to cherish.
Now the population centroid for the country is 850 miles west by west-southwest of the nation’s capital, making it a hardship for those of us Western half of the country (and our representatives) to display our beliefs by marching for or against gun control, capital punishment, abortion, etc. You just won't see peaceniks from Berkeley staging a sit-in on the Capitol steps, or out-of-work Oregon loggers revving up chainsaws in front of the White House, or even pro-Microsofties from Seattle burning floppies in front of the Supreme Court to protest the antitrust suit.

The solution to this? MOVE THE CAPITAL. It should be moved so it is nearer the population center of this country (at present just outside of EDGAR SPRINGS, MISSOURI and moving west and a bit south as time goes by). It should be placed on the borders of two or more states so it is not completely surrounded by a single state. The location should have reasonable weather, topography, security, and access to transportation to function as the seat of government for a superpower."

I found just a line that read: "Abraham Lincoln proposed that the Capital be removed to Springfield, Illinois."

Answer 4

Do not know about Saint Louis. But we do have contingency plans to move it to Denver if Washington is under attack or destroyed.