The Alaska Statehood Act (Pub. L. 85–508, 72 Stat. 339, enacted July 7, 1958) was a legislative act introduced by Delegate E. L. "Bob" Bartlett and signed...

admitted 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...

introduction of the Alaska Statehood Act to the House, where he was key in shepherding its passage. Bartlett labored constantly for statehood, being a member...

of Alaska or Alaska Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States from August 24, 1912, until Alaska was granted statehood on...

in Alaska. The act is codified in chapter 33 of title 43 of the US Code. When Alaska became a state in 1959, section 4 of the Alaska Statehood Act provided...

Proposition 3 asked whether or not to approve other parts of the Alaska Statehood Act. Propositions 2 and 3 both passed. 1958 United States House of Representatives...

Governor of the Territory of Alaska. Stepovich served as Territorial Governor from 1957 to 1958, and Alaska was given U.S. statehood in 1959. Stepovich was...

contributed to the population growth of some Alaskan cities. Alaska was granted U.S. statehood on January 3, 1959. In 1964, the massive "Good Friday earthquake"...

14, 1931. It hosted federal services until 1959, when the Alaska Statehood Act granted Alaska permission to settle in the building. There have been efforts...

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

Alaskan statehood vote. In 1973, Vogler began circulating a petition seeking support for secession of Alaska from the United States. The Alaska magazine...

as a U.S. state on January 3, 1959. In the 1940s, the movement for Alaska statehood was gaining momentum within the territory, but stymied by opposition...

land area, the state of Alaska owns 101 million acres (41 million hectares), its entitlement under the Alaska Statehood Act. A portion of that acreage...

courthouse and the post office for the territory. Alaska gained statehood in 1959 and under the Alaska Statehood Act, the Federal and Territorial Building was...

The Puerto Rico statehood movement (Spanish: movimiento estadista de Puerto Rico) aims to make Puerto Rico a state of the United States. Puerto Rico is...

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

control. In the end President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act, making Alaska the 49th state of the Union. Michener invents characters...

University of Alaska, even church groups all rallied in support of the massive detonation. Congress had passed the Alaska Statehood Act just a few weeks...

have dictated an apportionment of 437 seats, but the Alaska Statehood Act and Hawaii Admission Act explicitly stated that the new seats were temporary...

Alaska Commercial Company (ACC) is a grocery and retail company which operates stores in rural Alaska, beginning in the early period of Alaska's ownership...

promised under the Alaska Statehood Act. The initiative was inspired by the Supreme Court decision Sturgeon v. Frost, which affirmed Alaska's authority over...

Dwight Eisenhower signed the resulting Alaska Statehood Act into law. Alaska was to become the 49th state. Alaska was scheduled to become a U.S. state on...

opposing us." The Alaska Statehood Act became law with Eisenhower's signature on July 7, 1958, and Alaska formally was admitted to statehood on January 3,...

present-day Alaska in the United States, but also included the outpost of Fort Ross in California. Russian Creole settlements were concentrated in Alaska, including...

Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act (1957) Alaska Statehood Act (1958) Humane Slaughter Act (1958) National Defense Education Act 1958; Federal Perkins Loan...

decade after the Alaska Statehood Act in 1959 there were two significant Federal acts that impacted Alaska Natives. The first was the Alaska Native Claims...

the Fourth Division of Alaska Territory, Solicitor of the Department of the Interior, and co-author of the Alaska Statehood Act 1962 United States Senate...

Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act (1957) Alaska Statehood Act (1958) Humane Slaughter Act (1958) National Defense Education Act 1958; Federal Perkins Loan...

publisher of the Anchorage Times. He was also an early advocate of Alaska statehood. Robert Bruce Atwood, known as Bob Atwood or Robert Atwood, was born...

Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act (1957) Alaska Statehood Act (1958) Humane Slaughter Act (1958) National Defense Education Act 1958; Federal Perkins Loan...