When was your state admitted to the Union?

[elperromagico]

Poll question: When was your state admitted to the Union?

If you're not sure when your state was admitted, check here:

http://americanhistory.about.com/library/charts/blchartstateadmission.htm

[LDS Jock]

1. 1836 for Arkansas and Texas both

[elperromagico]

3. Texas was 1845.

[LDS Jock]

5. whoops.. the Alamo was 1836

got it mixed up. I didn't grow up here, just live here now.

[derby378]

10. Ever see a map of what Texas used to look like?

One look and you'll see why we still refer to the Amarillo area as the "Panhandle." That was our old Republic boundary - we sold all that territory to the US to pay off mounting debts.

[maveric]

2. MA. One of the original 13.

Now in CA which came in 1850.

[RevolutionaryActs]

4. CAKE! CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE!

:9

[JohnKleeb]

7. Where?

[RevolutionaryActs]

9. I don't know, but it was an option on the poll! So I picked it of course.

[JohnKleeb]

11. is it ice cream cake?

[elperromagico]

14. You pick the cake.

The cake options are, in fact, limitless.

[JohnKleeb]

15. mmmmm ice cream cake

[elperromagico]

17. Whoa. Easy there, fella. You have to supply the ice cream.

:D

[JohnKleeb]

18. its a thing in its own!

[flamingyouth]

6. 1889

[MercutioATC]

8. Ohio....1953

...or 1807, depending on whether you're picky about ratifications...


http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_127.html

[NYC]

22. Interesting re Ohio 1953.

From your link:

It all started when Ohio was preparing to celebrate the 150th anniversary of its admission to the Union in 1953. Researchers looking for the original statehood documents discovered there'd been a little oversight. While Congress had approved Ohio's boundaries and constitution, it had never passed a resolution formally admitting the future land of the Buckeyes. Technically, therefore, Ohio was not a state.

Predictably, when this came to light it was the subject of much merriment. One senator joshingly suggested that his colleagues from Ohio were drawing federal paychecks under false pretenses.

But Ohio congressman George Bender thought it was no laughing matter. He introduced a bill in Congress to admit Ohio to the Union retroactive to March 1, 1803. At a special session at the old state capital in Chillicothe the Ohio state legislature approved a new petition for statehood that was delivered to Washington on horseback. Congress subsequently passed a joint resolution, and President Eisenhower, after a few more jokes, signed it on August 7, 1953.

[MercutioATC]

25. Amazing what you remember when you had a good grade school history teacher

[KitchenWitch]

12. 1858 for Minnesota

[Aristus]

13. We're part of the Union; we just haven't admitted it yet.

:7

[NYC]

16. Why can't I have my cake and

admittance date, too? New York, 1788.

[elperromagico]

19. You may have cake as well, but you must supply it.

It's a tricky situation.

[NYC]

28. Supply will equal demand.

:hi:

[Floogeldy]

20. The (possibly) paranoid guy says, "Don't respond to this post."

[elperromagico]

23. By replying, you have fallen into my intricate trap!

HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH!!! :evilgrin:

[Floogeldy]

27. AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SmileyBoy]

21. 1889. (WE WERE FIRST, SOUTH DAKOTA!!!)

:P:P:P

[deadparrot]

24. MO...1821, I believe.

[elperromagico]

26. You're correct.

:D

[deadparrot]

30. Whoohoo! It's been a long time since I've had to dredge that up...

:7

[RagingInMiami]

29. Florida admitted in 1845, succeeded in 1861, readmitted in 1868

[pres2032]

37. just can't make up your mind, can you?

[El Fuego]

31. And when can we friggin' leave???

[smbolisnch]

32. June 20, 1863

West Virginia :P

[arcane1]

33. well I'm a 2-stater

so

Virginia June 25, 1788

2 days after my birthday :P

of course, they then later went to war gainst the very same Union :eyes:

NEW home-state of California September 9, 1850

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

34. Current state (Pennsylvania): December 12, 1787

Home state (Kansas): January 29, 1861

New state in May (Texas): Already addressed

[5thGenDemocrat]

35. Michigan was admitted to the Union on Jan 26, 1837

As the 26th state. Our capital is Lansing.
John
But if you look at the Great Seal of the state, it shows "1835" as our date of admittance. The discrepancy in the dates is due to the Toledo Border War -- one of only many reasons why Ohio sucks. Drew Carey is another.

[pres2032]

36. mine was the second to join

damn delaware, you just HAD to be first, didn't you? :grr:

[Lenape85]

38. 1787 for New Jersey, 11 days after DE and 4 days after PA

[AuntiBush]

39. I now live in the State of

Confusion! It happened quite sudden, and without warning.

Let's see... Yes, the exact date was Nov 3rd!

[Carson]

40. 1792--Kentucky. nt

[Nicole]

41. 1907

Oklahoma was 46th.

[tjwmason]

42. 2003

When Tony Blair decided to start brown-nosing Bush.