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 As the United States underwent efforts at territorial expansion under its policy of Manifest Destiny, the governing of new territories and the admission of new states would continue to occupy the national government. Moreover, given that statehood brings with it at least one seat in the House of Representatives, two seats in the Senate, and at least three votes in the [[Electoral College]], strategic partisan calculations have played key roles in statehood decisions. Indeed, after more or less consensus-oriented statehood admission decisions in the first decade of the republic, critics noted that the regional and partisan motivations of the [[Louisiana Purchase]] were laid bare by [[Jefferson, Thomas|Thomas Jefferson’s]] extraordinary move.
 Such partisan and especially regional motivations came to dominate national statehood decisions. With slavery increasingly dividing the United States’ North and South, and with neither southern nor northern interests wanting to cede representational and Electoral College advantages to the other side, statehood admission politics boiled down to a system of interregional compromise whereby one free state would be admitted alongside one slave state. Free state Indiana’s admission in 1816 was closely followed by Mississippi’s admission in 1817, and Illinois’s and Alabama’s were paired for admission in 1818 and 1819 respectively. And, when Missouri sought admission, the free state of Maine was carved out of Massachusetts in order to offset any southern advantage.
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 That Congress could create and admit new states conveyed a supremacy of the national government over both the new states as well as the old. As historian Peter Onuf observed, “If new states were equal to the old states, old states would be equal to the new, and thus share in their diminutive character. Statehood defined in these terms was not only compatible with a stronger union: it demanded one” (Onuf 1982, 459).
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-As the United States underwent efforts at territorial expansion under its policy of Manifest Destiny, the governing of new territories and the admission of new states would continue to occupy the national government. Moreover, given that statehood brings with it at least one seat in the House of Representatives, two seats in the Senate, and at least three votes in the [[Electoral College]], strategic partisan calculations have played key roles in statehood decisions. Indeed, after more or less consensus-oriented statehood admission decisions in the first decade of the republic, critics noted that the regional and partisan motivations of the [[Louisiana Purchase]] were laid bare by Thomas Jefferson’s extraordinary move.
+As the United States underwent efforts at territorial expansion under its policy of Manifest Destiny, the governing of new territories and the admission of new states would continue to occupy the national government. Moreover, given that statehood brings with it at least one seat in the House of Representatives, two seats in the Senate, and at least three votes in the [[Electoral College]], strategic partisan calculations have played key roles in statehood decisions. Indeed, after more or less consensus-oriented statehood admission decisions in the first decade of the republic, critics noted that the regional and partisan motivations of the [[Louisiana Purchase]] were laid bare by [[Jefferson, Thomas|Thomas Jefferson’s]] extraordinary move.
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−	Under the Articles of Confederation, the original 13 states were “admitted” to the union based on what historian Peter Onuf calls the “doctrine of state succession.” That is, these new states formed in confederation with one another would succeed the colonies, largely maintaining the territorial boundaries that had existed prior to the American Revolution as well as the existing laws and authority of the colonies. Beyond the original thirteen states, the ability to admit new states belongs to the U.S. Congress and the federal government as is spelled out in the U.S. Constitution.	+	Under the [[Articles of Confederation]], the original 13 states were “admitted” to the union based on what historian Peter Onuf calls the “doctrine of state succession.” That is, these new states formed in confederation with one another would succeed the colonies, largely maintaining the territorial boundaries that had existed prior to the American Revolution as well as the existing laws and authority of the colonies. Beyond the original thirteen states, the ability to admit new states belongs to the U.S. Congress and the federal government as is spelled out in the [[U.S. Constitution]].

	As a practical matter, however, the Constitution is vague as to the criteria for admission. Given this, Congress would rely on the preconstitutional precedents for statehood admission set forth in the 1787 [[Northwest Ordinance of 1787\|Northwest Ordinance]]. Defining guidelines for the admission of the territories of the Northwest as states, the Ordinance declared that new states were to be admitted on equal footing as existing states, allowed for the formation of governed territories, and provided that upon reaching the population threshold of 60,000 free people, a territory could submit a state constitution to the Congress for approval and statehood admission. Although the ordinance says little about the economic situation of the territory, it became an important criterion for potential states; Congress expected the potential state to be not only independent and prosperous, but also beneficial to the country. The Northwest Ordinance not only governed the admission of states of the Northwest, but also served as the precedent for future statehood decisions.		As a practical matter, however, the Constitution is vague as to the criteria for admission. Given this, Congress would rely on the preconstitutional precedents for statehood admission set forth in the 1787 [[Northwest Ordinance of 1787\|Northwest Ordinance]]. Defining guidelines for the admission of the territories of the Northwest as states, the Ordinance declared that new states were to be admitted on equal footing as existing states, allowed for the formation of governed territories, and provided that upon reaching the population threshold of 60,000 free people, a territory could submit a state constitution to the Congress for approval and statehood admission. Although the ordinance says little about the economic situation of the territory, it became an important criterion for potential states; Congress expected the potential state to be not only independent and prosperous, but also beneficial to the country. The Northwest Ordinance not only governed the admission of states of the Northwest, but also served as the precedent for future statehood decisions.

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 Under the Articles of Confederation, the original 13 states were “admitted” to the union based on what historian Peter Onuf calls the “doctrine of state succession.” That is, these new states formed in confederation with one another would succeed the colonies, largely maintaining the territorial boundaries that had existed prior to the American Revolution as well as the existing laws and authority of the colonies. Beyond the original thirteen states, the ability to admit new states belongs to the U.S. Congress and the federal government as is spelled out in the U.S. Constitution.
-As a practical matter, however, the Constitution is vague as to the criteria for admission. Given this, Congress would rely on the preconstitutional precedents for statehood admission set forth in the 1787 Northwest Ordinance. Defining guidelines for the admission of the territories of the Northwest as states, the Ordinance declared that new states were to be admitted on equal footing as existing states, allowed for the formation of governed territories, and provided that upon reaching the population threshold of 60,000 free people, a territory could submit a state constitution to the Congress for approval and statehood admission. Although the ordinance says little about the economic situation of the territory, it became an important criterion for potential states; Congress expected the potential state to be not only independent and prosperous, but also beneficial to the country. The Northwest Ordinance not only governed the admission of states of the Northwest, but also served as the precedent for future statehood decisions.
+As a practical matter, however, the Constitution is vague as to the criteria for admission. Given this, Congress would rely on the preconstitutional precedents for statehood admission set forth in the 1787 [[Northwest Ordinance of 1787|Northwest Ordinance]]. Defining guidelines for the admission of the territories of the Northwest as states, the Ordinance declared that new states were to be admitted on equal footing as existing states, allowed for the formation of governed territories, and provided that upon reaching the population threshold of 60,000 free people, a territory could submit a state constitution to the Congress for approval and statehood admission. Although the ordinance says little about the economic situation of the territory, it became an important criterion for potential states; Congress expected the potential state to be not only independent and prosperous, but also beneficial to the country. The Northwest Ordinance not only governed the admission of states of the Northwest, but also served as the precedent for future statehood decisions.
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-As the United States underwent efforts at territorial expansion under its policy of Manifest Destiny, the governing of new territories and the admission of new states would continue to occupy the national government. Moreover, given that statehood brings with it at least one seat in the House of Representatives, two seats in the Senate, and at least three votes in the Electoral College, strategic partisan calculations have played key roles in statehood decisions. Indeed, after more or less consensus-oriented statehood admission decisions in the first decade of the republic, critics noted that the regional and partisan motivations of the Louisiana Purchase were laid bare by Thomas Jefferson’s extraordinary move.
+As the United States underwent efforts at territorial expansion under its policy of Manifest Destiny, the governing of new territories and the admission of new states would continue to occupy the national government. Moreover, given that statehood brings with it at least one seat in the House of Representatives, two seats in the Senate, and at least three votes in the [[Electoral College]], strategic partisan calculations have played key roles in statehood decisions. Indeed, after more or less consensus-oriented statehood admission decisions in the first decade of the republic, critics noted that the regional and partisan motivations of the [[Louisiana Purchase]] were laid bare by Thomas Jefferson’s extraordinary move.
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-As regional tensions heightened from the eve of the Civil War to Reconstruction, the potential for interregional compromise was limited. Emerging as early as California’s admission in 1850, a new pattern of seeking regional and partisan advantage took hold. From 1850 to the end of reconstruction in 1876, Republicans succeeded in admitting eight new states. Often assessing the party composition of a candidate for statehood admission, Republicans used their advantages and the lack of Democratic and southern voices in Congress to admit even those states that had not yet met the population requirements of the Northwest Ordinance. This pattern was maintained throughout state admissions politics of the nineteenth century as Republicans turned an Electoral College victory, as well as a narrow House majority and an expanded Senate majority, into six new states admitted in 1889 and 1890 alone.
+As regional tensions heightened from the eve of the [[Civil War]] to [[Reconstruction]], the potential for interregional compromise was limited. Emerging as early as California’s admission in 1850, a new pattern of seeking regional and partisan advantage took hold. From 1850 to the end of reconstruction in 1876, Republicans succeeded in admitting eight new states. Often assessing the party composition of a candidate for statehood admission, Republicans used their advantages and the lack of Democratic and southern voices in Congress to admit even those states that had not yet met the population requirements of the Northwest Ordinance. This pattern was maintained throughout state admissions politics of the nineteenth century as Republicans turned an Electoral College victory, as well as a narrow House majority and an expanded Senate majority, into six new states admitted in 1889 and 1890 alone.
 Statehood admission in the twentieth century returned to the compromise pattern of the pre–Civil War era although the basis of the compromise is the expected partisanship of the state, as one presumed Democratic state will be paired with one presumed Republican state. This pattern does not portend well for Washington, D.C.’s contemporary campaign for statehood, as this largely Democratic state suffers opposition for lack of a Republican pair.

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	==== Margaret M. Butler and Douglas B. Harris ====		==== Margaret M. Butler and Douglas B. Harris ====
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	SEE ALSO: [[Northwest Ordinance of 1784]]; [[Northwest Ordinance of 1787]]		SEE ALSO: [[Northwest Ordinance of 1784]]; [[Northwest Ordinance of 1787]]

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 Such partisan and especially regional motivations came to dominate national statehood decisions. With slavery increasingly dividing the United States’ North and South, and with neither southern nor northern interests wanting to cede representational and Electoral College advantages to the other side, statehood admission politics boiled down to a system of interregional compromise whereby one free state would be admitted alongside one slave state. Free state Indiana’s admission in 1816 was closely followed by Mississippi’s admission in 1817, and Illinois’s and Alabama’s were paired for admission in 1818 and 1819 respectively. And, when Missouri sought admission, the free state of Maine was carved out of Massachusetts in order to offset any southern advantage.
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 ! STATE !! DATE OF ADMISSION
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-| Delaware || Example
+| Delaware || December 7, 1787
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-| Pennsylvania || Example
+| Pennsylvania || December 12, 1787
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-| New Jersey || Example
+| New Jersey || December 18, 1787
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-| Georgia || Example
+| Georgia || January 2, 1788
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-| Connecticut || Example
+| Connecticut || January 9, 1788
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-| Massachusetts || Example
+| Massachusetts || February 6, 1788
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-| Maryland || Example
+| Maryland || April 28, 1788
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-| South Carolina || Example
+| South Carolina || May 23, 1788
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-| New Hampshire || Example
+| New Hampshire || June 21, 1788
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-| Virginia || Example
+| Virginia || June 25, 1788
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-| New York || Example
+| New York || July 26, 1788
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-| North Carolina || Example
+| North Carolina || November 21, 1789
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-| Rhode Island || Example
+| Rhode Island || May 29, 1790
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-| Vermont || Example
+| Vermont || March 4, 1791
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-| Kentucky || Example
+| Kentucky || June 1, 1792
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-| Tennessee || Example
+| Tennessee || June 1, 1796
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-| Ohio || Example
+| Ohio || March 1, 1803
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-| Louisiana || Example
+| Louisiana || April 30, 1812
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-| Indiana || Example
+| Indiana || December 11, 1816
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-| Mississippi || Example
+| Mississippi || December 10, 1817
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-| Illinois || Example
+| Illinois || December 3, 1818
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-| Alabama || Example
+| Alabama || December 14, 1819
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-| Maine || Example
+| Maine || March 15, 1820
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-| Missouri || Example
+| Missouri || August 10, 1821
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-| Arkansas || Example
+| Arkansas || June 15, 1836
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-| Michigan || Example
+| Michigan || January 26, 1837
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-| Florida || Example
+| Florida || March 3, 1845
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-| Texas || Example
+| Texas || December 29, 1845
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-| Iowa || Example
+| Iowa || December 28, 1846
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-| Wisconsin || Example
+| Wisconsin || May 29, 1848
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-| California || Example
+| California || September 9, 1850
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-| Minnesota || Example
+| Minnesota || May 11, 1858
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-| Oregon || Example
+| Oregon || February 14, 1859
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-| Kansas || Example
+| Kansas || January 29, 1861
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-| West Virginia || Example
+| West Virginia || June 20, 1863
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-| Nevada || Example
+| Nevada || October 31, 1864
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-| Nebraska || Example
+| Nebraska || March 1, 1867
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-| Colorado || Example
+| Colorado || August 1, 1876
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-| North Dakota || Example
+| North Dakota || November 2, 1889
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-| South Dakota || Example
+| South Dakota || November 2, 1889
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-| Montana || Example
+| Montana || November 8, 1889
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-| Washington || Example
+| Washington || November 11, 1889
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-| Idaho || Example
+| Idaho || July 3, 1890
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-| Wyoming || Example
+| Wyoming || July 10, 1890
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-| Utah || Example
+| Utah || January 4, 1896
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-| Oklahoma || Example
+| Oklahoma || November 16, 1907
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-| New Mexico || Example
+| New Mexico || January 6, 1912
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-| Arizona || Example
+| Arizona || February 14, 1912
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-| Alaska || Example
+| Alaska || January 3, 1959
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-| Hawaii || Example
+| Hawaii || August 21, 1959
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-| BIBLIOGRAPHY: Nolan McCarty, Keith T. Poole, and Howard Rosenthal, “Congress and the Territorial Expansion of the United States,” in ''Party, Process and Political Change in Congress: New Perspectives on the History of Congress'', ed. David W. Brady and Mathew D. McCubbins, 392–451 (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2002); Peter S. Onuf, “From Colony to Territory: Changing Concepts of Statehood in Revolutionary America,” ''Political Science Quarterly'' 97, no. 3 (Fall 1982): 447–59; and Charles Stewart III and Barry R. Weingast, “Stacking the Senate, Changing the Nation: Republican Rotten Boroughs, Statehood Politics and American Political Development,” ''Studies in American Political Development'' 6 (1992): 223–71.
+| '''BIBLIOGRAPHY'''
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