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The 1876 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 7, 1876, as part of the 1876 United States presidential election.The state legislature chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president, which would be the first and only time the state would do so.
August 1 — The Territory of Colorado is admitted to the union of the United States as the 38th U.S. state. [2] October 3 — 1876 Colorado gubernatorial election: John Long Routt is elected as the first governor of Colorado. [3]
The Colorado Territory existed until it was admitted into the Union as the State of Colorado on August 1, 1876. The Colorado Enabling Act is signed on March 3, 1875. On March 3, 1875, U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant signed An Act to enable the people of Colorado to form a constitution and State government, and for the admission of the said ...
Colorado was admitted to the Union as the 38th state on August 1, 1876; this was the first presidential election in which the state sent electors. There was insufficient time or money to organize a presidential election in the new state. Therefore, Colorado's state legislature selected the state's three Electoral College electors.
On August 1, 1876 (28 days after the Centennial of the United States), President Ulysses S. Grant signed Proclamation 230 [14] admitting the state of Colorado to the Union as the 38th state and earning it the moniker "Centennial State". The borders of the new state coincided with the borders established for the Colorado Territory.
The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. [6]
The Territory of Colorado was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from February 28, 1861, [2] until August 1, 1876, when it was admitted to the Union as the 38th State of Colorado. [3]
Admitted to the Union: August 1, 1876; 148 years ... proclamation admitting Colorado to the Union as the 38th state and ... with Denver and enters Utah and Kansas. ...