Territories and States
of the United States

Date Territory Date State
12-7, 1787 Delaware
12-12, 1787 Pennsylvania
12-18, 1787 New Jersey
1-2, 1788 Georgia
1-9, 1788 Connecticut
2-6. 1788 Massachusetts
4-28, 1788 Maryland
5-23, 1788 So. Carolina
6-21, 1788 New Hampshire
6-25, 1788 Virginia
7-13, 1787 Northwest Territory
See Ohio Ter.
7-26, 1788 New York
8-7, 1789 Ohio Territory 3-1, 1803 Ohio
11-21, 1789 No. Carolina
5-26, 1790 South Territory See Tennesee
5-29, 1790 Rhode Island
3-4, 1791 Vermont
6-1, 1792 Kentucky
6-1. 1796 Tennessee
4-7, 1798 Mississippi 12-10, 1817 Mississippi
5-7, 1800 Indiana 12-11, 1816 Indiana
3-26, 1804 Louisiana 4-30, 1812 Louisiana
3-26, 1804 Orleans
(See Missouri Ter)
1-11, 1805 Michigan 1-26, 1837 Michigan
2-3, 1809 Illinois 12-3, 1818 Illinois
6-4, 1812 Missouri 8-10, 1821 Missouri
3-3, 1817 Alabama 12-14, 1819 Alabama
3-2, 1819 Arkansas 6-15, 1836 Arkansas
3-15, 1820 Maine
3-30, 1822 Florida 3-3, 1845 Florida
4-20, 1836 Wisconsin 5-29, 1848 Wisconsin
6-12, 1838 Iowa 12-28, 1846 Iowa
12-29, 1845 Texas
8-14, 1848 Oregon 2-14, 1859 Oregon
3-3, 1849 Minnesota 5-11, 1858 Minnesota
9-7, 1850 New Mexico 1-6, 1912 New Mexico
9-9, 1850 California
9-9, 1850 Utah 1-4, 1896 Utah
3-2, 1853 Washington 11-11, 1889 Washington
5-30, 1854 Kansas 1-29, 1861 Kansas
5-30, 1854 Nebraska 3-1, 1867 Nebraska
2-28, 1861 Colorado 8-1, 1876 Colorado
3-2, 1861 Nevada 10-31, 1864 Nevada
3-2, 1861 Dakota 11-2, 1889 North Dakota
3-2, 1861 Dakota 11-2, 1889 South Dakota
2-24, 1863 Arizona 2-14, 1912 Arizona
3-3, 1863 Idaho 7-3, 1890 Idaho
6-20, 1863 West Virginia
5-26, 1864 Montana 11-8, 1889 Montana
7-25, 1868 Wyoming 7-10, 1890 Wyoming
5-17, 1884 Alaska
(No Legislature)		 1-3, 1959 Alaska
5-2, 1890 Oklahoma 11-16, 1907 Oklahoma
4-30, 1900 Hawaii 8-21, 1959 Hawaii

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