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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 representation by the act of July 15, 1870.

State.

Date of ratification of the Constitution.

Population at date of ratification.

Area in

Population Population

square

in 1900.

in 1910.

miles.

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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.

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202,322

7,665, 111

New Jersey Georgia

Dec. 18, 1787

184, 139

1,883,669

2,537, 167

Jan.

2.1788

82,548

2.216, 331

2,609, 121

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New Hampshire. Virginia

June 21, 1788 June 26.1788

141, 899 747,610

411, 588 1,854, 184

430, 572 2,061,612

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

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Vermont.

Mar.

4.1791

85,539

343.641

355.956

9.565

Kentucky

June

1, 1792

73.677)

2. 147, 174

2,289,905

40.400

Tennessee.

June

1, 1796

77,262

2,020.616

2. 184,789

Formation.

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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.

Formed from territory ceded to the United States by
North Carolina. Seceded May 6, 1861. Readmitted
to representation by joint resolution of July 24, 1866.
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 30, 1803.
Seceded Jan. 26, 1861. Readmitted to representation
upon ratifying the fourteenth amendment, July 9,
1868.

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

46.810

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

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

33,040

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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52,250

Maine.

Mar. 15, 1820

298,335

694.466

742,371

Missouri.

Aug. 10, 1821

66.586

3,106,665

3,293,335 69,415

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

58,915
58, 680 Formed from territory ceded to the United States by
Spain by treaty of 1819. Seceded Jan. 11, 1861. Re-
admitted to representation upon ratifying the four-
teenth amendment, June 25, 1868.

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

This State was originally a part of the Republic of
Mexico, but by a successful revolt the people estab-
lished for themselves an independent republican gov-
ernment, and were subsequently annexed to the
United States. Seceded Feb. 1, 1861. Readmitted
to representation by the act of Mar. 30, 1870.
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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158,360 Formed from territory ceded to the United States by Mexico by the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of Feb. 2, 1848.

82,080

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.

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 boundaries,
in 1850.

24, 780 Formed from a portion of the territory of the State of Virginia.

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Texas.

Dec. 29. 1845

*250,000

3,048, 710

3,896.542

265, 780

Iowa..

Dec. 28, 1846

81.920

2,231,853

2,224, 771

Wisconsin.

May 29, 1848

210, 596

2,009,042

2,333,860

56,025 56,040

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