Sixteen states were admitted to the union under this guy’s watch – more than any others who have held the same job. Here is George Washington, aka “Mr. Fancy Pants.”

Better get ready to buy lots and lots of birthday cards, because you’re about to learn the “birthdays” of all of the U.S. states! Now what kind of birthday card do you think North Dakota and South Dakota would like? Sorry, but they have to share a card since they were both admitted on the same day – Nov. 2, 1889   (yeah I’m cheap…). Let’s see, Snoopy? Ziggy? Do they even make Ziggy things anymore? How about that cigarette-smoking cranky old lady they put in the “Shoebox” series? Maybe a card making a lame joke about how you wanted to send money but for some reason couldn’t – and didn’t? How about a card making some kind of lame old age commentary? North and South Dakota just turned 128 years old, but there are quite a lot of states older than them!  Mississippi turned 200 on Dec. 10, 2017! I’m sure it was QUITE the bicentennial bash, and I would have suggested incorporating magnolias into the ensemble somehow – maybe cover one’s body completely in magnolia flowers? Too kinky? Anyway, get ready to mark your calendars with the following state “birthdays!”

States admitted during George Washington Presidency

1787

Delaware, Dec. 7; Pennsylvania, Dec. 12; New Jersey, Dec. 18

1788

Eight states joined the union this year, which is the greatest number of states to join the union in a single year – Georgia, Jan, 2; Connecticut, Jan. 9; Massachusetts, Feb. 6;  Maryland, April 28; South Carolina, May 23;  New Hampshire, June 21; Virginia, June 25; New York, July 26

1789

North Carolina, Nov. 21

1790

Rhode Island, May 29

Original 13 Colonies list in order of statehood:

Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island

1791

Vermont, March 4

1792

Kentucky, June 1.

1796

Tennessee, June 1.

States admitted during Thomas Jefferson Presidency

1803

Only one U.S. state was admitted during Jefferson’s presidency, and this state was Ohio on March 1.

States admitted during James Madison Presidency

1812

Louisiana, April 30.

1816

Indiana, Dec. 11

1817

Mississippi, Dec. 10

States admitted during James Monroe Presidency

1818

Illinois, Dec. 3

1819

Alabama, Dec. 14

1820

Maine, March 15

1821

Missouri, Aug. 10

States admitted during Andrew Jackson Presidency

1830

Arkansas, June 15

1837

Michigan, Jan. 26

States admitted during John Tyler presidency

1845

Florida, interesting note, Florida was made a state right before John Tyler left office on March 4.

States admitted during James Polk’s presidency

1845

Texas, Dec. 29

1846

Iowa, Dec. 28

1848

Wisconsin, May 29

States admitted during Millard Fillmore presidency

1850

California, Sept. 9. Interesting note, California was admitted months after the death of U.S. President Zachary Taylor thus allowing  Fillmore to become one of many “His Accidencies.”

States admitted during Franklin Pierce presidency

1856

Oregon, February 14.

States admitted during James Buchanan presidency

1858

Minnesota, May 11

1859

Oregon, Feb. 14

1861

Kansas, Jan. 29. Kansas was the last state to join the Union before the U.S. Civil War, which means 34 U.S. states had entered the union by the time the war started.

States admitted during Abraham Lincoln presidency

1863

West Virginia, June 20

1864

Nevada, Oct. 31

States admitted during Andrew Johnson presidency

1867

Nebraska, March 1

States admitted during Ulysses Grant presidency

1876

Colorado, Aug. 1

States admitted during Benjamin Harrison presidency

 

1889

The year 1889 was the second biggest year for admitting states to the union, presumably because of “persuading” the natives to get off their land and give it to us in exchange for some nice warm smallpox infected blankets (seriously I don’t really know that for sure). States admitted during this year included North Dakota and South Dakota (both on Nov. 2; Montana on Nov. 8 and Washington on Nov. 11.

1890

Idaho July 3; Wyoming, July 10

States admitted during Grover Cleveland presidency

1896

Only one state was admitted during the second term of Cleveland’s presidency, and this state was Utah on Jan. 4. Can YOU name all of the U.S. states that border Utah? 🙂

No states were admitted to the union under William McKinley’s watch. But I’m using this photo anyway because…it’s my blog and I’ll post a picture of a young ‘n hot president if I want to! Look how pouty! And those eyes! 🙂

States admitted during Theodore Roosevelt’s presidency

Actor Hugh Jackman in “Oklahoma!” Who knew the guy who played the brooding character Wolverine can also sing and dance? I read that when he played Wolverine he had to really work to get into character since it’s so opposite his personality.

1907

Only one U.S. state was admitted during Roosevelt’s presidency, and this was Oklahoma in 1907.

States admitted during William Taft presidency

1912

Two U.S. states were admitted to the union during the year 1912, making it the third time in which only two U.S. states were admitted during the same year. The first year this occurred was 1845 when Florida and Texas joined the union (under two different presidents).  In 1890, Idaho and Wyoming joined the statehood party (lots and lots of potatoes were involved in Idaho’s party). In 1912, both New Mexico (Jan. 6) and Arizona (Feb. 14) officially became U.S. states.

States admitted during Dwight Eisenhower presidency

1959

Alaska was admitted Jan. 3 and Hawaii was admitted Aug. 21. Remembering “Hawaii 5-0” is a great mnemonic device for remembering it was the 50th state! Now if you don’t get the theme song for that show in your head, then I haven’t done my job! This was the fourth year that only two U.S. states were admitted to the union, the other years were 1845 (Florida and Texas), 1867  (Nebraska and Colorado) and 1912 (Arizona and New Mexico).

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