The below listing displays when each of our 50 states joined our country along with some other historical facts thrown in for reference.
- Delaware - December 7, 1787
- Pennsylvania - December 12, 1787
- New Jersey - December 18, 1787
- Georgia - January 2, 1788
- Connecticut - January 9, 1788
- Massachusetts - February 6, 1788
- Maryland - April 28, 1788
- South Carolina - May 23, 1788
- New Hampshire - June 21, 1788
( Constitution Ratified - June 21, 1788 )
- Virginia - June 25, 1788
- New York - July 26, 1788
( The Constitution goes into effect - March 4, 1789 )
( George Washington becomes the 1st President - April 30, 1789 )
- North Carolina - November 21, 1789
- Rhode Island - May 29, 1790
- Vermont - March 4, 1791
- Kentucky - June 1, 1792
- Tennessee - June 1, 1796
( John Adams becomes the 2nd President - March 4, 1797 )
( Thomas Jefferson becomes the 3rd President - March 4, 1801 )
- Ohio - March 1, 1803
( James Madison becomes the 4th President - March 4, 1809 )
- Louisiana - April 30, 1812
( War of 1812 begins - June 18, 1812 )
( War of 1812 ends - December 24, 1814 )
- Indiana - December 11, 1816
( James Monroe becomes the 5th President - March 4, 1817 )
- Mississippi - December 10, 1817
- Illinois - December 3, 1818
- Alabama - December 14, 1819
- Maine - March 15, 1820
- Missouri - August 10, 1821
( John Quincy Adams becomes the 6th President - March 4, 1825 )
( Andrew Jackson becomes the 7th President - March 4, 1829 )
- Arkansas - June 15, 1836
- Michigan - January 26, 1837
( Martin Van Buren becomes the 8th President - March 4, 1837 )
( William Harrison becomes the 9th President - March 4, 1841 )
( John Tyler becomes the 10th President - April 4, 1841 - Harrison Dies In Office )
- Florida - March 3, 1845
( James Polk becomes the 11th President - March 4, 1845 )
- Texas - December 29, 1845
( Mexican War Begins - April 25, 1846 )
- Iowa - December 28, 1846
( Mexican War Ends - February 2, 1848 )
- Wisconsin - May 29, 1848
( Zachary Taylor becomes the 12th President - March 4, 1849 )
( Millard Fillmore becomes the 13th President - July 9, 1850 - Taylor Dies In Office )
- California - September 9, 1850
( Franklin Pierce becomes the 14th President - March 4, 1853 )
( James Buchanan becomes the 15th President - March 4, 1857 )
- Minnesota - May 11, 1858
- Oregon - February 14, 1859
( South Carolina votes to secede - December 20, 1860 )
( Mississippi votes to secede - January 9, 1861 )
( Florida votes to secede - January 10, 1861 )
( Alabama votes to secede - January 11, 1861 )
( Georgia votes to secede - January 19, 1861 )
( Louisianna votes to secede - January 26, 1861 )
- Kansas - January 29, 1861
( Texas votes to secede - February 1, 1861 )
( Abraham Lincoln becomes the 16th President - March 4, 1861 )
( Civil War begins - April 12, 1861 )
( Virginia votes to secede - April 16, 1861 )
( Arkansas votes to secede - May 6, 1861 )
( North Carolina votes to secede - May 20, 1861 )
( Tennessee votes to secede - June 8, 1861 )
( Missouri votes to secede - October 31, 1861 )
( Kentucky votes to secede - November 20, 1861 )
- West Virginia - June 20, 1863
- Nevada - October 31, 1864
( Civil War ends - April 8, 1865 )
( Andrew Johnson becomes the 17th President - April 15, 1865 - Lincoln Assassinated )
( Tennessee readmitted to the Union - July 24, 1866 )
- Nebraska - March 1, 1867
( Arkansas readmitted to the Union - June 22, 1868 )
( Florida readmitted to the Union - June 25, 1868 )
( North Carolina readmitted to the Union - July 4, 1868 )
( South Carolina readmitted to the Union - July 9, 1868 )
( Louisiana readmitted to the Union - July 9, 1868 )
( Alabama readmitted to the Union - July 13, 1868 )
( Ulysses Grant becomes the 18th President - March 4, 1869 )
( Virginia readmitted to the Union - January 26, 1870 )
( Mississippi readmitted to the Union - February 23, 1870 )
( Texas readmitted to the Union - March 30, 1870 )
( Georgia readmitted to the Union - July 15, 1870 )
- Colorado - August 1, 1876
( Rutherford Hayes becomes the 19th President - March 4, 1877 )
( James Garfield becomes the 20th President - March 4, 1881 )
( Chester Arthur becomes the 21st President - September 20, 1881 - Garfield Assassinated )
( Grover Cleveland becomes the 22nd President - March 4, 1885 )
( Benjamin Harrison becomes the 23rd President - March 4, 1889 )
- North Dakota - November 2, 1889
- South Dakota - November 2, 1889
- Montana - November 8, 1889
- Washington - November 11, 1889
- Idaho - July 3, 1890
- Wyoming - July 10, 1890
( Grover Cleveland becomes the 24th President - March 4, 1893 )
- Utah - January 4, 1896
( William McKinley becomes the 25th President - March 4, 1897 )
( Spanish-American War begins - April 21, 1898 )
( Spanish-American War ends - December 10, 1898 )
( Theodore Roosevelt becomes the 26th President - September 14, 1901 - McKinley Assassinated )
- Oklahoma - November 16, 1907
( William Taft becomes the 27th President - September 14, 1901 )
- New Mexico - January 6, 1912
- Arizona - February 14, 1912
( Woodrow Wilson becomes the 28th President - March 4, 1913 )
( U.S. purchases the Virgin Islands from Denmark - March 31, 1917 )
( United States joins World War I - April 2, 1918 )
( World War I officially ends (Treaty of Versailles) - June 28, 1919 )
( Warren Harding becomes the 29th President - March 4, 1921 )
( Calvin Coolidge becomes the 30th President - August 3, 1923 - Harding Dies In Office )
( Herbert Hoover becomes the 31st President - March 4, 1929 )
( Franklin Roosevelt becomes the 32nd President - March 4, 1933 )
( World War II begins - September 3, 1939 )
( United States joins World War II - December 11, 1941 )
( Harry Truman becomes the 33rd President - April 12, 1945 - Roosevelt Dies In Office )
( World War II ends - September 2, 1945 )
( Korean War begins - June 25, 1950 )
( Dwight Eisenhower becomes the 34th President - January 20, 1953 )
( Korean War ends - July 27, 1953 )
- Alaska - January 3, 1959
- Hawaii - August 21, 1959
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