Northern Boundary of Ohio, and Admission of Michigan Into the Union; Report [To accompany bill H. R. No. 383.] Rep. No 380
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The Admission to the Union Clause of the United States Constitution, found at Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1, authorizes the Congress to admit new states into the United States beyond the thirteen already in existence at the time the Constitution went into effect. The Constitution went into effect on June 21, 1788, after ratification by 9 of the 13 states, and the federal government began operations under it on March 4, 1789. Each new state has been admitted on an equal footing with those already in existence. Of the 37 states admitted to the Union by Congress, all but 6 have been established within an existing U.S. organized incorporated territory. When the people of a territory or a region thereof have grown to a sufficient population and make their desire for statehood known, in most cases Congress passed an enabling act authorizing the people of that territory or region to frame a proposed state constitution as a step toward admission to the Union. Although the use of an enabling act was a common historic practice, several states were admitted to the Union without one. The entry of several states into the Union has been delayed by complicating factors. Among them, Michigan, which petitioned Congress for statehood in 1835, was not admitted to the Union until 1837, because of a boundary dispute with the adjacent state of Ohio. Condition: Fair.
Keywords: Statehood, Admission to the Union, Ohio Boundary, Michigan, Legislative History, Congressional Reports, 24th Congress, Rep. No. 380
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