SECRETARIES OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES*—Continued 964 *The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was created by Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953, approved Apr. 1, 1953 (67 Stat. 18; 5 U.S.C. 623), which, effective Apr. 11, 1953, abolished the Federal Security Agency and transferred its functions to the new Department. Name changed from Department of Health, Education, and Welfare effective May 4, 1980, pursuant to Executive Order 12212 of May 2, 1980. SECRETARIES OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT* 965 *The Department of Housing and Urban Development was created by Public Law 89-174, approved Sept. 9, 1965. *The Department of Transportation was created by Public Law 89-670, approved Oct. 15, 1966. *The Department of Energy was created by Public Law 95–91, approved Aug. 4, 1977. 966 1. Shirley Mount Hufstedler 2. T.H. Bell 3. William J. Bennett 4. Lauro F. Cavazos Do 5. Lamar Alexander 6. Richard W. Riley President *The Department of Education was created by Public Law 96-88, approved Oct. 17, 1979, and became effective May 4, 1980, pursuant to Executive Order 12212 of May 2, 1980. "The Department of Veterans Affairs was created by Public Law 100-527, approved Oct. 25, 1988, which abolished the Veterans Administration and transferred its functions to the new Department, effective Mar. 15, 1989. 968 [970] RATIFICATION 1 OF THE CONSTITUTION BY THE THIRTEEN ORIGINAL STATES Yeas Nays cation July 1, 1998 miles 2,045 23 434,373 11,882,842 12,001,451 45,308 184,139 7,730,188 8,115,011 7,787 82,548 6,478,149 7,642,207 58,910 Seceded Jan. 19, 1861. Readmitted to representation by the act of July 15, 1870. 238,141 3,287,116 3,274,069 5,018 168 378,787 6,016,425 6,147,132 8,284 31,113 Seceded Dec. 20, 1860. Readmitted to representation upon ratifying the fourteenth amendment, July 9, 1868. 1The Constitution was adopted by convention of the States Sept. 17, 1787, and was subsequently ratified by the several States in the order listed. 2 Unanimous. 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. |