States Admitted To The Union timeline

State of Franklin Petitions for Statehood but is not Admitted into the Union

The State of Franklin was an autonomous, secessionist United States territory created not long after the end of the American Revolution from... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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,... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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,... Read more

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... Read more

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,... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more