looking 4 py code: line up columns

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i mean text data that may be numbers or may be words and names, more often the latter.  i want to line them up for printing.  here is a list states i have been in and their capitals, lined up, sorted by state and boxed:

Output:
+---<STDIN>-------------------+
| Arkansas       Little_Rock  |
| Delaware       Dover        |
| Illinois       Springfield  |
| Indiana        Indianapolis |
| Kentucky       Frankfort    |
| New_Jersey     Trenton      |
| New_York       Albany       |
| North_Carolina Raleigh      |
| Ohilo          Columbus     |
| Pennsylvania   Harrisburg   |
| South_Carolina Columbia     |
| Texas          Austin       |
| Virginia       Richmond     |
| West_Virginia  Charleston   |
+-----------------------------+