Legal Holidays By States
State | 3rd Monday in January | February 4 | February 12 | 3rd Monday in February | February 15 | March 31 | Variable date in April | April 16 | 3rd Monday in April | Variable date | 1st Monday in June | 2nd Monday in October | Tuesday after 1st Monday in November (in even-numbered years) | Friday after 4th Thursday in November | December 24 | December 26 | December 31 |
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day | Rosa Parks Day | Lincoln's Birthday | Washington's Birthday | Susan B. Anthony Day | César Chávez Day | Good Friday | Emancipation Day | Patriots' Day | Confederate Memorial Day | Jefferson Davis Day | Columbus Day | General Election Day | Day after Thanksgiving | Christmas Eve | New Year's Eve | ||
Alabama | Yes |
No | No | Yes |
No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Alaska | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Arizona | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Arkansas | Yes |
No | No | Yes |
No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
California | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Colorado | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | |
Connecticut | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Delaware | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
District of Columbia | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Florida | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Georgia | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | ||||
Hawaii | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Idaho | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Illinois | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Indiana | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | ||||
Iowa | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Kansas | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Kentucky | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Louisiana | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Maine | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Maryland | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | |
Massachusetts | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Michigan | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Minnesota | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Mississippi | Yes |
No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
Missouri | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Montana | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Nebraska | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Nevada | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
New Hampshire | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
New Jersey | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
New Mexico | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | ||
New York | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
North Carolina | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
North Dakota | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Ohio | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Oklahoma | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Oregon | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Pennsylvania | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Rhode Island | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
South Carolina | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
South Dakota | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes Native American Day | No | No | No | No | No |
Tennessee | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Texas | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||
Utah | Yes | No | No | Yes |
No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Vermont | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Virginia | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Washington | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
West Virginia | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | |||
Wisconsin | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Wyoming | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
^ a. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is known officially as Martin Luther King, Jr./Civil Rights Day in Arizona, and New Hampshire, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert E. Lee's Birthdays in Arkansas, Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Florida, and Maryland, Martin Luther King Jr. / Idaho Human Rights Day in Idaho, and Martin Luther King's and Robert E. Lee's Birthdays in Mississippi.
^ b. Washington's Birthday is known officially as President's Day in Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Maryland, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee, Washington, West Virginia, and Wyoming, Lincoln/Washington/Presidents' Day in Arizona, George Washington's Birthday and Daisy Gatson Bates Day in Arkansas, Presidents' Day in Hawaii, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Vermont, Washington's Birthday/President's Day in Maine, Presidents Day in Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, and New Jersey, Lincoln's and Washington's Birthday in Montana, Recognition of the birthday of George Washington in North Dakota, Washington and Lincoln Day in Utah, and George Washington Day in Virginia.
^ c. Day after Thanksgiving is observed in lieu of Columbus Day in Minnesota.
^ d. Columbus Day is listed as a state holiday in New Hampshire although state offices remain open.
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Famous quotes containing the words legal and/or states:
“No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.”
—Joseph Addison (16721719)
“An ... important antidote to American democracy is American gerontocracy. The positions of eminence and authority in Congress are allotted in accordance with length of service, regardless of quality. Superficial observers have long criticized the United States for making a fetish of youth. This is unfair. Uniquely among modern organs of public and private administration, its national legislature rewards senility.”
—John Kenneth Galbraith (b. 1908)