States Admitted To The Union Events

1785 May 16 State of Franklin Petitions for Statehood But Is Not Admitted Into The Union; State Dissolves by 1790
STRANGE BUT TRUE - From the Library of Congress Letters of Delegates to Congress: Volume 22 November 1, 1784 - November 6, 1785 A letter from Richard Dobbs Spaight to Richard Caswel...
1787 Dec 7 Delaware Ratifies the US Constitution and is the First State Admitted to the Union
We the Deputies of the People of the Delaware State, in Convention met, having taken into our serious consideration the Federal Constitution proposed and agreed upon by the Deputies of th...
1787 Dec 12 Pennsylvania Ratifies the US Constitution and is the 2nd State Admitted to the Union
In the Name of the People of Pennsylvania Be it Known unto all Men that We the Delegates of the People of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in general Convention assembled Have assented...
1787 Dec 18 New Jersey Ratifies the US Constitution and is the 3rd State Admitted to the Union
Whereas a Convention of delegates from the following states, viz.,--New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Caro...
1788 Jan 2 Georgia Ratifies the US Constitution and is the 4th State Admitted to the Union
Wednesday, January the second, one thousand seven hundred and eighty eight: To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting. Whereas the form of a Constitution for the Government...
1788 Jan 9 Connecticut Ratifies the US Constitution and is the 5th State Admitted to the Union
In the Name of the People of the State of Connecticut. We the Delegates of the People of sd State in general Convention assembled, pursuant to an Act of the Legislature in October last...
1788 Feb 6 Massachusetts Ratifies the US Constitution and is the 6th State Admitted to the Union
Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Massachusetts; February 6, 1788. In Convention of the delegates of the People of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts February 6th 1788 ...
1788 Apr 28 Maryland Ratifies the US Constitution and is the 7th State Admitted to the Union
In Convention of the Delegates of the People of the State of Maryland 28 April 1788. We the Delegates of the people of the State of Maryland having fully considered the Constitution of...
1788 May 23 South Carolina Ratifies the US Constitution and is the 8th State Admitted to the Union
In Convention of the people of the state of South Carolina by their Representatives held in the city of Charleston on Monday the twelfth day of May and continued by divers Adjournments to...
1788 Jun 21 New Hampshire Ratifies the US Constitution and is the 9th State Admitted to the Union
In Convention of the Delegates of the People of the State of New-Hampshire June the Twenty first 1788. The Convention haveing Impartially discussed and fully considered the Constitutio...
1788 Jun 25 Virginia Ratifies the US Constitution and is the 10th State Admitted to the Union
We the Delegates of the People of Virginia duly elected in pursuance of a recommendation from the General Assembly and now met in Convention having fully and freely investigated and discu...
1788 Jul 26 New York Ratifies the US Constitution and is the 11th State Admitted to the Union
WE the Delegates of the People of the State of New York, duly elected and Met in Convention, having maturely considered the Constitution for the United States of America, agreed to on the...
1789 Nov 21 North Carolina Ratifies the US Constitution and is the 12th State Admitted to the Union
Resolved, That a Declaration of Rights, asserting and securing from encroachment the great Principles of civil and religious Liberty, and the unalienable Rights of the People, together wi...
1790 May 29 Rhode Island Ratifies the US Constitution and is the 13th State Admitted to the Union
We the Delegates of the People of the State of Rhode-Island, and Providence Plantations, duly elected and met in Convention, having maturely considered the Constitution for the United Sta...
1791 Mar 4 Vermont is the 14th State Admitted to the Union
Vermont governed itself as a sovereign entity based in the eastern town of Windsor for fourteen years. The independent state of Vermont issued its own coinage from 1785-1788 and operated ...
1792 Jun 1 Kentucky is the 15th State Admitted to the Union
The tenth constitutional convention convened in Danville in April, 1792. The session lasted only fourteen working days, but the delegates drafted Kentucky’s first Constitution and submitt...
1796 Jun 1 Tennessee is the 16th State Admitted to the Union
Eight counties of western North Carolina (and now part of Tennessee) broke off from that state in the late 1780s and formed the abortive State of Franklin. Efforts to obtain admission to ...
1803 Mar 1 Ohio is the 17th State Admitted to the Union
Historical Documents Celebrating the 200th Anniversary of Ohio Statehood 200th Anniversary of Ohio Statehood March 1, 1803 - March 1, 2003 Ohio celebrates its 200th Anniversary of ...
1812 Apr 30 Louisiana is the 18th State Admitted to the Union
The Territory of Orleans was established by the Act of March 26, 1804 and was effective October 1, 1804. It remained a Territory until Louisiana was admitted as a State. The Distric...
1816 Dec 11 Indiana is the 19th State Admitted to the Union
"Be it ordained by the Representatives of the people of the Territory of Indiana, in convention met at Corydon, on Monday, the tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred ...
1817 Dec 10 Mississippi is the 20th State Admitted to the Union
The Mississippi Territory was organized on April 7, 1798, from territory ceded by Georgia and South Carolina. It was later twice expanded to include disputed territory claimed by both the...
1818 Dec 3 Illinois is the 21st State Admitted to the Union
Illinois entered the Union on December 3, 1818. The 21st state takes its name from the Illinois Confederation—a group of Algonquian-speaking tribes native to the area. An Algonquin word,...
1819 Dec 14 Alabama is the 22nd State Admitted to the Union
CONSTITUTION OF 1819 RATIFICATION RESOLUTION FOR ADMISSION OF ALABAMA INTO THE UNION December 14, 1819 Resolution Declaring The Admission Of The State Of Alabama Into The Union. ...
1820 Mar 15 Maine is the 23rd State Admitted to the Union
On March 15, 1820, Maine became the twenty-third state in the Union. Originally a province of Massachusetts, Maine is noted for its picturesque coastline and dense woodlands. Even today, ...
1821 Aug 10 Missouri is the 24th State Admitted to the Union
On August 10, 1821, Missouri entered the Union as the twenty-fourth state. Named after the Native American people who originally inhabited the land, Missouri was acquired by the U.S. as p...
1836 Jun 15 Arkansas is the 25th State Admitted to the Union
On June 15, 1836, Arkansas became the twenty-fifth state. Native Americans first inhabited the state and created a thriving culture along the Mississippi River around 500 A.D. In the sixt...
1837 Jan 26 Michigan is the 26th State Admitted to the Union
Michigan entered the Union as the twenty-sixth state on January 26, 1837. More than two hundred years earlier, when French explorer Étienne Brulé visited the region in 1622, some twelve ...
1845 Mar 3 Florida is the 27th State Admitted to the Union
The Territory of East and West Florida was established March 3, 1821. With it came Peter W. Gautier Jr., appointed first U.S. Marshal for the territory on July 7, 1838, Territory of Flori...
1845 Dec 29 Texas is the 28th State Admitted to the Union
In the Spring of 1846, disputes over the ownership and boundaries of Texas thrust the United States and Mexico into war. On December 29, 1845, U.S. President James K. Polk fulfilled a ...
1846 Dec 28 Iowa is the 29th State Admitted to the Union
The first American settlers officially moved to Iowa in June 1833. Primarily, they were families from Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Indiana, Kentucky, and Virginia. On July 4, 1838, the U...
1848 May 29 Wisconsin is the 30th State Admitted to the Union
On May 29, 1848, Wisconsin became the thirtieth state admitted to the Union. The "Badger State" was the last state formed in its entirety from the Northwest Territory. Textured with beaut...
1850 Sep 9 California is the 31st State Admitted to the Union
It was August 1848 before the United States Senate ratified the treaty ending the Mexican War and recognizing the transfer of California to American hands. Local Army commanders, "Forty-e...
1858 May 11 Minnesota is the 32nd State Admitted to the Union
On May 11, 1858, Minnesota became the 32nd state admitted into the Union. Minnesota's application for statehood was submitted to President James Buchanan in January, but became entangled...
1859 Feb 14 Oregon is the 33rd State Admitted to the Union
Act of Congress Admitting Oregon to the Union (dated February 14, 1859) Whereas the people of Oregon have framed, ratified and adopted a constitution of state government which is repu...
1861 Jan 10 Florida Secedes From The Union
On January 10, 1861, delegates to the Florida Convention in Tallahassee voted to secede from the United States of America. The following month, Florida was one of six Deep South states t...
1861 Jan 29 Kansas is the 34th State Admitted to the Union
Kansas entered the Union as a free state on January 29, 1861. About two hundred years earlier the French Jesuit priests, Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet, were among the region's earli...
1861 Jun 8 Tennessee Secedes From The Union
Tennesseans voted in favor of secession by a large majority—102,172 to 47,238—on June 8, 1861. In the mountainous eastern part of the state, however, where few people owned slaves, voters...
1863 Jun 20 West Virginia is the 35th State Admitted to the Union
On June 20, 1863, West Virginia became the thirty-fifth state in the Union. The land that formed the new state formerly constituted part of Virginia. The two areas had diverged culturall...
1864 Oct 31 Nevada is the 36th State Admitted to the Union
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Whereas the Congress of the United States passed an act, which was approved on the 21st day of March last, entitled ...
1867 Mar 1 Nebraska is the 37th State Admitted to the Union
The word “Nebraska” first began to appear in publications in 1842, when Lt. John C. Fremont explored the plains and mountains of the western United States. His report mentions the “Nebras...
1876 Aug 1 Colorado is the 38th State Admitted to the Union
After its first bid for statehood was vetoed by President Andrew Johnson, Colorado entered the Union on August 1, 1876, the year the United States celebrated its centennial. Thus, the thi...
1889 Nov 2 North Dakota And South Dakota are the 39th and 40th States Admitted to the Union
On November 2, 1889, North Dakota and South Dakota were admitted to the Union as the 39th and 40th states. The first European explorers, Louis Joseph and François de La Vérendrye, entere...
1889 Nov 8 Montana is the 41st State Admitted to the Union
Before Montana was a state, it was a territory. During those early years, the President of the United States appointed territorial governors, justices, and other officials to govern Mont...
1889 Nov 11 Washington is the 42nd State Admitted to the Union
On November 11, 1889, President Benjamin Harrison declared Washington the forty-second state in the Union. Less than fifty years after pioneers began entering the Pacific Northwest via th...
1890 Jul 3 Idaho is the 43rd State Admitted to the Union
On July 3, 1890, Idaho became the forty-third state of the Union. Idaho population then was 88,548. The Oregon Trail had opened in 1842, but for two decades, people merely crossed Idaho o...
1890 Jul 10 Wyoming is the 44th State Admitted to the Union
Carved from sections of Dakota, Utah, and Idaho territories, Wyoming Territory came into existence by act of Congress on July 25, 1868. The territorial government was formally inaugurated...
1896 Jan 4 Utah is the 45th State Admitted to the Union
The Utah constitution was adopted November 5, 1895, by a vote of 31,305 to 7,607. On January 4, 1896, the president of the United States issued a proclamation admitting the state of Utah ...
1907 Nov 16 Oklahoma is the 46th State Admitted to the Union
Oklahoma entered the Union as the forty-sixth state on November 16, 1907. Derived from the Choctaw Indian words "okla," meaning people, and "humma," meaning red, Oklahoma was designated I...
1912 Jan 6 New Mexico is the 47th State Admitted to the Union
Struggle for Statehood In no part of the United States has there ever been such a protracted struggle for self-government as in New Mexico. In no other case has statehood been so long ...
1912 Feb 14 Arizona is the 48th State Admitted to the Union
Arizona became a U.S. state on February 14, 1912. The major result being the end to the territorial colonization of Continental America. Arizona was the 48th state admitted into the U.S. ...