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Remarks.

RATIFICATIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION BY THE THIRTEEN ORIGINAL STATES, THEIR POPULATION

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Seceded Jan. 19, 1861.
Readmitted to representa-
tion by the act of July 15, 1870.

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4,990 8,315 12, 210 30, 570

9.305 42,450

Seceded Dec. 20, 1860. Readmitted to representation upon ratifying the fourteenth amendment, July 9, 1868.

The area of Virginia at the date of ratification was 61,352 square miles, but Dec. 31, 1862, a portion of its territory was set off and admitted into the Union as a free and independent State under the name of West Virginia. The State seceded Apr. 17, 1861, and was readmitted to representation by act of Jan. 26, 1870.

Seceded May 21, 1861.

Readmitted to representation upon ratifying the fourteenth amendment, July 4, 1868.

STATES ADMITTED INTO THE UNION SINCE THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION, THEIR POPULATION, AREA, AND FORMATION.

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40, 400

Tennessee.

June 1, 1796

77, 262

1,767, 518 2,020, 616

Formation.

9,565 Formed from a portion of the territory of the State of New York.

Formed from a portion of the territory of the State
of Virginia.

42, 050 Formed from territory ceded to the United States
by North Carolina. Seceded May 6, 1861. Read-
mitted to representation by joint resolution of
July 24, 1866.

41,060 Formed from territory ceded to the United States
by the State of Virginia.

Formed from territory ceded to the United States
by France under the treaty of Paris of April, 1803.
Seceded Jan. 26, 1861. Readmitted to representa-
tion upon ratifying the fourteenth amendment,
July 9, 1868.

36, 350 Formed from territory ceded to the United States
by the State of Virginia.

Formed from territory ceded to the United States
by the States of Georgia and South Carolina.
Seceded Jan. 9, 1861. Readmitted to representa-
tion by act of Feb. 23, 1870.

56,650 Formed from territory ceded to the United States
by the State of Virginia.

Formed from territory ceded to the United States by the States of South Carolina and Georgia. Seceded Jan. 11, 1861. Readmitted to representation upon ratifying the fourteenth amendment, July 13, 1868.

Formed from a portion of the territory of the State of Massachusetts.

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48,720

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46, 810

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52, 250

Maine

Mar. 15, 1820

298,335

661,086

694,466

33.040

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58,915 58,680

69,415

Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to
the United States by France, under the name of
"Louisiana," by the treaty of Paris of 1803.

53, 850 Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to
the United States by France, under the name of
"Louisiana," by the treaty of Paris of 1803.

Formed from territory ceded to the United States
by the State of Virginia.

Formed from territory ceded to the United States
by Spain by treaty of 1819. Seceded Jan. 11, 1861.
Readmitted to representation upon ratifying the
fourteenth amendment, June 25, 1868.

265, 780 This State was originally a part of the Republic of
Mexico, but by a successful revolt the people
established for themselves an independent re-
publican government, and were subsequently
annexed to the United States. Seceded Feb. 1,
1861. Readmitted to representation by the act of
Mar. 30, 1870.

83.365

Formed from a portion of the Territory of Wisconsin, as the Territory of Iowa," June 12, 1838. Formed from a portion of the territory of the State of Michigan, as the "Territory of Wisconsin, Apr 20, 1836.

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Formed from territory ceded to the United States by Mexico by the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of Feb. 2, 1848.

Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to the
United States by France by the treaty of Apr. 30.
1803.

Formed from territory ceded to the United States
by the treaty with France of Apr. 30, 1803, the
treaty with Spain of Feb. 22, 1819, and the treaty
with Great Britain of June 15, 1846.

82, 080 Formed from territory ceded to the United States
by France by the treaty of Apr. 30, 1803, and by
the State of Texas, in the settlement of her bound-
aries, in 1850.

Formed from a portion of the territory of the State of Virginia.

Texas

Dec. 29, 1845

250,000

2,235.523

3,048, 710

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California

Sept. 9, 1850

107,000

1, 208, 130

1,485, 053

158,360

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96,030

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