Jefferson (proposed Pacific state)
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Jefferson, proposed officially as the State of Jefferson is a proposed U.S. state that would span the contiguous, mostly rural area of Southern Oregon and Northern California, where several attempts to separate from Oregon and California, respectively, have taken place. The region encompasses most of Northern California's land but does not include San Francisco or other Bay Area counties that account for the majority of Northern California's population.
Historians and locals cite Thomas Jefferson's status as the primary author of the Declaration of Independence as the origin of the name for the proposed state, with the line "governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed" as evidence of a breakdown of the social contract between the state governments and the region's population.<ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
If the proposal were ever approved, the new state's capital city would have to be determined by a constitutional convention; Yreka, California, was named the provisional capital in the original 1941 proposal,<ref name="laufer">Peter Laufer, The Elusive State of Jefferson: A Journey Through the 51st State. TwoDot, 2013. Template:ISBN.</ref> although Port Orford, Oregon, had also been up for consideration, being the former jurisdiction of Mayor Gilbert Gable (a leader in the movement).<ref name="laufer" /> The movement is strongest in the rural parts of Shasta County,<ref name="BEE 2020" /> with some supporters of the more recent revival calling for Redding, California, as the potential capital,<ref name="laufer" /> even though Redding is not included in all versions of the proposal and its city council voted in 2013 to reject participation in the movement.<ref>"Redding City Council rejects "State of Jefferson" proposal". KRCR-TV, October 2, 2013.</ref>
19th century
Template:Further The State of Jefferson has its origins in the 19th century. In Template:Start date and age, gold discovered in the Klamath River Basin of northwest California extended California's gold rush further north to the basin and into the Rogue River Valley of southern Oregon.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> This led to the first large influx of white settlers in the area, causing conflict with local Native populations that eventually culminated in the Rogue River War of 1855–1856.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Furthermore, this influx of American settlers coupled with the wealth they were able to accumulate from the natural resources of the region spurred several political movements that wanted to separate this region from the rest of California and Oregon in the 1850s.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite journal</ref> Local politicians proposed an independent State of Shasta to the California legislature in 1852, but the bill died in committee.<ref name=":1">Template:Cite journal</ref> The State of Shasta was revived again in 1855, and various other configurations of an independent state in the same region as the State of Jefferson were proposed throughout the decade (such as the State of Klamath in 1853 and 1854).<ref name=":1" />
The settlers of the region believed that they were distinct from the rest of California and Oregon both culturally and economically, and that because of the large distance separating them from the capitals of California and Oregon, their needs would be better addressed at the local and federal levels by their own State government than by petitioning the California government.<ref name=":1" /> In 1860, Congress passed legislation that would allow the region to vote on whether they wanted to be independent from California and Oregon, but the American Civil War interrupted this process and quelled independence movements for the rest of the 19th century.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
20th century
In October 1941, the Mayor of Port Orford, Oregon, Gilbert Gable, said that the Oregon counties of Curry, Josephine, Jackson, and Klamath should join with the California counties of Del Norte, Siskiyou, and Modoc to form a new state, later named Jefferson.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
He was motivated by the belief that these heavily rural areas were underrepresented in state government, which tended to cater to more populous areas.<ref>Michael J. Trinklein (2010). Lost States: True Stories of Texlahoma, Transylvania, and Other States That Never Made It. Quirk Books. Template:ISBN</ref> Gilbert Gable was joined in his efforts by Siskiyou State Senator Randolph Collier, whose support led to Yreka being picked as the capital.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Gable persuaded a county court to appoint him to a commission investigating the possibility of secession and his supporters drafted a declaration of independence, and the flag of the movement.<ref name="HW">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 1941, he and San Francisco Chronicle reporter Stanton Delaplane planned a major publicity push after a night of heavy drinking, but Gable died of a heart attack the next day.<ref name="HW" /> Gable's supporters then appointed local judge John Childs as “governor” on December 4, 1941 although the movement's momentum had slowed with Gable's passing.<ref name="HW" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
On November 27, 1941, Delaplane interviewed a group of young men brandishing rifles and pistols who stopped traffic on U.S. Route 99 south of Yreka, the county seat of Siskiyou County, and handed out copies of a Proclamation of Independence, stating that the State of Jefferson was in "patriotic rebellion against the States of California and Oregon" and would continue to "secede every Thursday until further notice."<ref name="HW" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The men would even stop a California State Trooper telling them to turn around and go back to California.<ref name="HW" /> Following U.S. entry into World War II, the initial secessionist movement completely fizzled out.<ref name="HW" />
In 1989, KSOR, the National Public Radio member station based at Southern Oregon University in Ashland, near Medford, rebranded itself as Jefferson Public Radio. It had built a massive network of low-powered translators earlier in the 1980s. By the time KSOR began building full-power stations later in the decade, it realized that the combined footprint of its translator network was roughly coextensive with the original State of Jefferson. It thus felt "Jefferson Public Radio" was an appropriate name when it decided to rebrand itself as a network.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 1992, California State Assemblyman Stan Statham placed an advisory vote<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> in 31 counties asking if the state should be split into two. All of the proposed Jefferson counties voted in favor of the split<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> (except Humboldt County which did not have the issue on the ballot). Based on these results, Statham introduced legislation in California<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> in an attempt to split the state, but the bill died in committee.
In the late 1990s, the movement for statehood was promoted by a group called the State of Jefferson Citizens Committee, which was originally formed in 1941. Two of the members, Brian Helsaple and Brian Petersen, gathered an extensive collection, including both verbal and written accounts mostly surrounding the 1941 movement. In 2000, they published Jefferson Saga, a book detailing the lack of representation of the region.
21st century
Jefferson is commemorated by the State of Jefferson Scenic Byway between Yreka and O'Brien, Oregon, which runs Template:Convert along State Route 96 and U.S. Forest Service Primary Route 48. Near the California – Oregon border, a turnout provides scenic views of the Klamath River valley and three informative display signs about the republic.Template:Citation needed The region retains this identity reinforced by institutions such as Jefferson Public Radio.
The Jefferson secession movement would be revived as a serious movement in 2013 by Mark Baird, a rancher and former sheriff’s deputy in Siskiyou County who was concerned with the regions lack of representation in the state government.<ref name="HW" /> He often cited a forestry policy that prevented most of northern California’s federally managed forests from being logged, which had more or less wiped out the region’s economic base.<ref name="HW" /> Baird argued that Jefferson's statehood would give the region footing to negotiate with the federal government to revise this policy.<ref name="HW" />
As of the 2020 Census, if the Jefferson counties were a state (original 1941 counties), the state's population would be 484,727: smaller than any state at the time. Approximately 83% of those residents live in Oregon. Its land area would be Template:Convert – a little smaller than West Virginia. The area was almost evenly divided between Oregon and California. Its population density would be Template:Convert – a little more than Idaho.<ref>Using the 2010 Census QuickFacts figures for each of the following counties: Curry, Josephine, Jackson, Klamath, Del Norte, Siskiyou, Modoc.
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Counties intending to leave California
On September 3, 2013, the Siskiyou County, California Board of Supervisors voted 4 to 1 in favor of withdrawal from California to form a proposed state named Jefferson.<ref name="Longoria 2013">Longoria, Sean, Siskiyou supervisors support withdrawal from California Template:Webarchive, Redding Record Searchlight, September 4, 2013, accessed September 4, 2013.</ref><ref>Mather, Kate, Siskiyou County votes to pursue secession from California, Los Angeles Times, September 4, 2013, accessed September 4, 2013</ref><ref>Northern California County Board Votes For Secession From State, CBS, San Francisco, September 4, 2013.</ref> The proposal was joined by the Modoc County Board of Supervisors (September 24)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Glenn County Board of Supervisors (January 21, 2014).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On April 15, 2014 Yuba County Supervisors joined the State of Jefferson movement to separate from California and create a new U.S. state.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On July 15, 2014, the Tehama County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to adopt a resolution supporting the declaration of withdrawal from California<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> based on an advisory vote taken on June 6, 2014, where the public voted 56% to 44% in favor of splitting the state.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On July 22, 2014, the Board of Supervisors of Sutter County unanimously adopted a resolution supporting a declaration and petition to the Legislature to withdraw from California to redress a lack of representation.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On March 3, 2015, Lake County supervisors voted 3 to 2<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> to submit the question of secession to voters and on March 17, Lassen County supervisors made a similar declaration<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> that also has the voters deciding in 2016.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Jefferson Declaration Committee is reportedly aiming to get at least 12 counties in support.<ref name="Longoria 2013" />
On October 24, 2014, Modoc and Siskiyou Counties delivered their declarations<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> for independence from the state of California to the California Secretary of State's office. On January 15, 2015, three more counties, Glenn, Tehama, and Yuba, submitted their official declarations as well.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The 2013 revival was based almost entirely in California.<ref>"Secession: Realistic hope or illusion?". Medford Mail Tribune, September 8, 2013.</ref> It includes all major parts of California north of 39°. Although some individual residents in Oregon have lobbied for the movement, no county government in that state has endorsed the proposal to date.<ref>"California secession vote fails in two counties bordering Oregon; passes in one other county". The Oregonian, June 4, 2014.</ref> As of January 6, 2016, 21 northern California counties have sent a declaration or have approved to send a declaration to the State of California with their intent of leaving the state and forming the State of Jefferson.<ref name="sacbee-jan">Template:Cite news</ref> The population of the 21 California counties was 1,747,626 as of the 2010 U.S. Census, which would be 39th most populous state in the Union.
In 2013, venture capitalist Tim Draper launched Six Californias, a measure to split California into six separate divisions, including Jefferson.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Draper announced that 1.3 million people had signed the petition; however, a third of the signatures were later found to be invalid, thus placing the signature count below the needed threshold to qualify for the 2016 ballot.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2016 presidential election
In the 2016 presidential election, most of the rural California counties which would belong to the State of Jefferson were won by Republican nominee Donald Trump, whereas the losing candidate, Democrat Hillary Clinton, enjoyed support in the rest of California, especially among the low income & highly-educated urban area voters. While Clinton beat Trump by almost 80 points in San Francisco, population 827,500, he led her by more than 50 points in Lassen County, population 28,300.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The election of Trump led to calls for a secession of California from the Union and a similar proposal in Oregon, where Clinton won the popular vote while Trump captured the majority of counties.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
With the election of President Donald Trump, some who are considering joining the modern State of Jefferson or are observing the movement have stated that if California secedes, the movement's supporting counties could appeal directly to the United States Congress for statehood, similar to how West Virginia was formed, claiming California would be in insurrection and petitioning to rejoin the Union as an independent state.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
On May 8, 2017, the pro-Jefferson group "Citizens for Fair Representation" filed a lawsuit against California Secretary of State Alex Padilla.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The suit alleges that California's 1862 law limiting Senators to no more than 40, and Assembly Members to no more than 80, creates an unconstitutional imbalance of representation that precludes effective "self-governance" as protected by the 14th Amendment. The desired result of suing California, for lack of representation and dilution of vote, is better representation across all of California, and ultimately an independent State of Jefferson.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The case was dismissed by the lower court and appealed to the Ninth Circuit,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> which dismissed the appeal.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
COVID-19
During the COVID-19 pandemic the issue of Jefferson's secession flared up again.<ref name="BEE 2020">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Shasta County Board of Supervisors pledged to ignore state public health order with a public hearing claiming that vaccines are a health hazard, masks are a form of government control, the pandemic is a hoax to sway the 2020 election against Donald Trump with activists reading out the home address of health officer’s enforcing lockdowns, calling for their citizen's arrest.<ref name="BEE 2020" /> At the same time a Shasta County militia, calling for secession and armed resistance to COVID-19 regulations saw a massive influx in membership.<ref name="BEE 2020" /> This would culminate in the election of anti-government leaders in Shasta County in northern California to the Shasta board of supervisors who campaigned on Jefferson secession.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="HW" />
During the 2021 California gubernatorial recall election the counties of a would-be Jefferson overwhelmingly voted in favor of recalling Gavin Newsom with some counties voting 6 to 1 in favor of recall.<ref name="NYT 2021">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The week prior to the recall vote the Greater Idaho movement successfully held referendums in five counties in Oregon calling for joining Idaho for much the same reasons as the State of Jefferson's pursuit of secession from California.<ref name="NYT 2021"/> Some of the counties of the Greater Idaho movement and the State of Jefferson overlap, and the Greater Idaho movement stated that the annexation of Northern California into Idaho was "Phase Two" of the movement.<ref name="NYT 2021"/>
Flag and seal
The field of the flag is green, and the charge is the Seal of the State of Jefferson: a yellow circle representing a gold mining pan, with the words "The Great Seal Of State Of Jefferson" engraved into the lip, and two capital, black Xs askew of each other.<ref>The real history and meaning behind the State of Jefferson, retreat.com.</ref> The two Xs are known as the "Double Cross" and signify the two regions' "sense of abandonment" by the central state governments, in both Southern Oregon and Northern California.<ref name="sacbee-jan"/><ref group=n>Harper's 2022 report referred to the region being "double crossed" by Salem and Sacramento. See Pogue (2022).</ref>
The gold pan that was ostensibly the first model for the state's seal is on display at the Siskiyou County Museum in Yreka, California.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Appearances in popular culture
Jefferson was featured by Huell Howser in Road Trip Episode 143.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Harry Turtledove has written a series of alternate history short stories set in Jefferson State, beginning with the 2016 "Visitor from the East".
See also
- Absaroka (proposed state)
- American Redoubt
- California National Party
- Cascadia (independence movement)
- Franklin (proposed state)
- Greater Idaho movement
- Jefferson (proposed Mountain state)
- Jefferson (proposed Southern state)
- Lincoln (proposed Northwestern state)
- Lincoln (proposed Southern state)
- List of U.S. state partition proposals
- Partition and secession in California
- Superior (proposed U.S. state)
- State of Sequoyah
- Secession in the United States
- Northwest Territorial Imperative
- Yes California Independence Campaign
Notes
References
Further reading
- James T. Rock. The State of Jefferson: the Dream Lives on! Siskiyou County Museum, 1999.
- Peter Laufer. Elusive State of Jefferson: A journey through the 51st state. Two dot, 2013
- Alexander Horat. Why we need the state of Jefferson. Independently published, 2018
External links
- State Of Jefferson Home Page — History of the State
- Template:Usurped
- Template:Usurped on the State of Jefferson
- State of Jefferson by Ian Jones
- The Mythical State of Jefferson by Megan Shaw at Bad Subjects
- A State of Mind:Exploring the untamed wonders of Jefferson by Glenn Garnett at CottageLink Magazine
- A Jefferson State of Mind Template:Webarchive by Christopher Hall at AAA's Via Magazine
- The Jefferson Proposal Official Jefferson State Joint Committee website
- The State of Jefferson Images of America series (Google Books)
- State of Jefferson Documentary produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting
- State of Jefferson Formation site Primary website for the 2013+ modern statehood movement
- Jefferson Declaration Blog Template:Webarchive Very active movement for withdrawal of the rural northern California counties to form a new state of Jefferson