Remarks. RATIFICATIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION BY THE THIRTEEN ORIGINAL STATES, THEIR POPULATION Seceded Jan. 19, 1861. 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. 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 42, 050 Formed from territory ceded to the United States 41,060 Formed from territory ceded to the United States Formed from territory ceded to the United States 36, 350 Formed from territory ceded to the United States Formed from territory ceded to the United States 56,650 Formed from territory ceded to the United States 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. 48,720 46, 810 52, 250 Maine Mar. 15, 1820 298,335 661,086 694,466 33.040 58,915 58,680 69,415 Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to 53, 850 Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to Formed from territory ceded to the United States Formed from territory ceded to the United States 265, 780 This State was originally a part of the Republic of 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. ." 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 Formed from territory ceded to the United States 82, 080 Formed from territory ceded to the United States Formed from a portion of the territory of the State of Virginia. Texas Dec. 29, 1845 250,000 2,235.523 3,048, 710 S. Doc. 198-583-33 California Sept. 9, 1850 107,000 1, 208, 130 1,485, 053 158,360 96,030 |