31,113 Seceded Dec. 20, 1860. Readmitted to representation upon ratifying the fourteenth amendment, July 9, 1868.

'The Constitution was adopted by convention of the States Sept. 17, 1787, and was subsequently ratified by the several States in the order listed.

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.

9,279 40,767

Formed from a portion of the territory of the State of New York.
40,409 Formed from a portion of the territory of the State of Virginia.
42,144 Formed from territory ceded to the United States by North Carolina. Seceded
June 8, 1861. Readmitted to representation by joint resolution of July 24, 1866.
41,330 Formed from territory ceded to the United States by the State of Virginia.
47,752 Formed from territory ceded to the United States by France under the treaty of
Paris of Apr. 30, 1803. Seceded Jan. 26, 1861. Readmitted to representation
upon ratifying the fourteenth amendment, July 9, 1868.

36,185 Formed from territory ceded to the United States by the State of Virginia.
47,689 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.

56,345 Formed from territory ceded to the United States by the State of Virginia.
51,705 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.

33,265 Formed from a portion of the territory of the State of Massachusetts.
69,697 Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to the United States by France,
under the name of "Louisiana," by the treaty of Paris of 1803.
53,187 Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to the United States by France,
under the name of "Louisiana," by the treaty of Paris of 1803. Seceded May 6,
1861. Readmitted to representation upon ratifying the fourteenth amendment,
June 22, 1868.

58,527 58,664

Formed from territory ceded to the United States by the State of Virginia.
Formed from territory ceded to the United States by Spain by treaty of
Washington of Feb. 22, 1819. Seceded Jan. 11, 1861. Readmitted to representa-
tion upon ratifying the fourteenth amendment, June 25, 1868.
266,807 This State was originally a part of the Republic of Mexico, but by a successful
revolt the people established 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.

56,275 Formed from a portion of the Territory of Wisconsin, as the "Territory of Iowa,"
June 12, 1838.

56,153 Formed from a portion of the territory of the State of Michigan, as the
"Territory of Wisconsin," Apr. 20, 1836.

9,614

97,073 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.

82,277 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.

24,241 Formed from a portion of the territory of the State of Virginia.

110,561

Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to the United States by Mexico by
the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of Feb. 2, 1848.

77,355 Formed from a petition of the territory ceded to the United States by France by
the treaty of Apr. 30, 1803.

104,091 Formed from portions of the territory ceded to the United States by France by
the treaty of Apr. 30, 1803 and of that ceded by Mexico by the Treaty of
Guadalupe Hidalgo of Feb. 2, 1848.

77,116 Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to the United States by France by treaty of Apr. 30, 1803.

68,139

Formed from territory ceded to the United States by France by treaty of Apr.
30, 1803. The northern boundary of the territory was settled by a treaty with
Great Britain, known as the "Oregon Treaty" of June 15, 1846.

83,564 Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to the United States by France by
treaty of Apr. 30, 1803.

97,809 Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to the United States by France by
treaty of Apr. 30, 1803.

84,899 Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to the United States by Mexico by
the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of Feb. 2, 1848.

69,956 Formed by the union of Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory.

121,593

Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to the United States by Mexico by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of Feb. 2, 1848.

114,000 Formed from territory ceded to the United States by Mexico, part by the Treaty
of Guadalupe Hidalgo of Feb. 2, 1848, and part by what is known as the
"Gadsden Purchase," Dec. 30, 1853.