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| PREAMBLE TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION |
..............We The People
of the United States, in order to form a more perfect
union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility,
provide for the common defense, promote the general
welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves
and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution
for the United States of America. |
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| Ratification, Entry Into The Union |
| 1 Delaware, Dec
7, 1787
2 Pennsylvania, Dec 12, 1787
3 New Jersey, Dec 18, 1787
4 Georgia, Jan 2, 1788
5 Connecticut, Jan 9, 1788
6 Massachusetts, Feb. 6, 1788
7 Maryland, April 28, 1788
8 South Carolina, May 23, 1788
9 New Hampshire, June 21, 1788
10 Virginia, June 25, 1788
11 New York, July 26, 1788
12 North Carolina, Nov. 21, 1789
13 Rhode Island, May 29, 1790
14 Vermont, May 4, 1791
15 Kentucky, June 1, 1792
16 Tennessee, June 1, 1796
17 Ohio, March 1, 1803 |
18 Louisiana, April 30, 1812
19 Indiana, Dec 11, 1816
20 Mississippi, Dec 10, 1817
21 Illinois, Dec 3, 1818
22 Alabama, Dec 14, 1819
23 Maine, March 15, 1820
24 Missouri, Aug. 10, 1821
25 Arkansas, June 15, 1836
26 Michigan, Jan 26, 1837
27 Florida, March 3, 1845
28 Texas, Dec 29, 1845
29 Iowa, Dec 28, 1846
30 Wisconsin, May 29, 1848
31 California, Sept. 9, 1850
32 Minnesota, May 11, 1858
33 Oregon, Feb. 14, 1859
34 Kansas, Jan 29, 1861 |
35 West Virginia,
June 20, 1863
36 Nevada, Oct. 31, 1864
37 Nebraska, March 1, 1867
38 Colorado, Aug. 1, 1876
39 North DAkota, Nov. 2, 1889
40 South Dakota, Nov. 2, 1889
41 Montana, Nov. 8, 1889
42 Washington, Nov. 11, 1889
43 Idaho, July 3, 1890
44 Wyoming, July 10, 1890
45 Utah, Jan 4, 1896
46 Oklahoma, Nov. 16, 1907
47 New Mexico, Jan 6, 1912
48 Arizona, Feb. 14, 1912
49 Alaska, Jan 3, 1959
50 Hawaii, Aug. 21, 1959 |
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