The California Statehood Act, officially An Act for the Admission of the State of California into the Union and also known as the California Admission...

the Hawaii Statehood Commission, to stop them from spending public money to lobby for statehood, invalidating a single section of the Act which created...

as a single state Alaska Statehood Act, admitting Alaska as a state in the Union as of January 3, 1959 Hawaii Admission Act, admitting Hawaii as a state...

Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit). The District was created on September 28, 1850, following the passage of the California Statehood Act...

interim government of California existed from soon after the outbreak of the Mexican–American War in mid-1846 until U.S. statehood in September, 1850. There...

the Mexican period (1821–1848), and United States statehood (September 9, 1850–present). California was one of the most culturally and linguistically...

Valley officially became part of the State of California on September 9, 1850, when the California Statehood Act was approved by the federal government. In...

city in California. September 9 - California is admitted to the Union as the 31st state as a result of the California Statehood Act. California gold rush...

Between the Interim government of California and California's statehood, the Mayor was appointed by the Governor of California in 1848 and was elected in 1850...

and have made their desire for statehood known to the federal government, Congress in most cases has passed an enabling act, authorizing the people of that...

either by granting statehood to one of the U.S. territories, splitting an existing state, admitting another country, or granting statehood to the Washington...

of California (see California Constitutional Boundaries), October 13, 1849 Compromise of 1850 State of California since 1850 California Statehood Act, September...

during the great California gold rush. By the time of California's application for statehood in 1850, the settler population of California had multiplied...

Mexican–American War in 1848, the U.S. took control of California and passed the California Statehood Act on September 9, 1850. In the latter half of the 19th...

participation in Congress without granting it statehood. Introduced by Representative Don Edwards of California, the proposed amendment was approved by Congress...

in the 1850s to achieve a separate statehood or territorial status from Northern California. In 1855, the California State Assembly passed a plan to trisect...

the U.S. state of California. Yolo County was one of the original counties of California, created in 1850 at the time of statehood. As of the 2020 census...

Territories Quarter Program was authorized by the passage of a newer legislative act, H.R. 2764. This program features the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico,...

act of April 30, 1802, "has become one of the United States of America." Neither act, however, set a formal date of statehood. An official statehood date...

state of Tennessee. Michigan, California, Minnesota, Oregon, and Alaska likewise elected shadow senators before statehood. The Alaska Territory also elected...

Trinity County was one of the original counties of California, created in 1850 at the time of statehood. Parts of the county were ceded to Klamath County...

pre-statehood alcaldes and mayors of San Diego, from 1770 to 1850, during the Spanish, Mexican, and early American periods, prior to California's admission...

Southern California attempted three times in the 1850s to achieve a separate statehood or territorial status separate from Northern California. In early...

the state of Idaho in the late 19th and early 20th century, many before statehood. The English found they had more property rights and paid less taxes than...

Baja California, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California, is a state in Mexico. It is the northwesternmost of the 32 federal entities...

official statehood by Congress on September 9, 1850 as part of the Compromise of 1850. The state constitution first adopted in 1849, before statehood, remained...

increase allowed California to go rapidly to statehood in the Compromise of 1850. The gold rush had severe effects on Native Californians and accelerated...

approached California Governor William Irwin, offering to seek compensation from the federal government for a flaw in the California Statehood Act. Traditionally...

The Long Wait for Statehood, Why it took Washington 36 years and Idaho 26 years to achieve their goals. Idaho Organic Act 1863 – An Act to provide a temporary...

This is a list of Mexican states by date of statehood, that is, the date when each state was accepted by Congress of the Union as a free and sovereign...