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The Territory of Utah was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from September 9, 1850, [2] until January 4, 1896, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Utah, [3] the 45th state.
The petition was rejected by Congress and Utah did not become a state until 1896, following the Utah Constitutional Convention of 1895. The boundaries of the provisional State of Deseret—as proposed in 1849—are shown with a dotted line. The Utah Territory as organized in 1850, is shown in blue with black outline.
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]
In 1892, Joseph L. Rawlins, a Democrat, won the election and became Utah's non-voting representative in congress. The following year, he introduced the Enabling Act and worked with both Republicans and Democrats until it was approved by Congress and signed by President Grover Cleveland on July 16, 1894.
Answer: Utah. Adopted when Utah became a state in 1896, the motto speaks to its hard-working culture. ... Adopted in 1861, the same year Kansas joined the Union, this motto exemplifies the state's ...
The State of Deseret (modern pronunciation / ˌ d ɛ z ə ˈ r ɛ t / ⓘ DEZ-ə-RET, [1] contemporaneously / d ɛ s iː r ɛ t / dess-ee-ret, [dubious – discuss] as recorded in the Deseret alphabet spelling 𐐔𐐯𐑅𐐨𐑉𐐯𐐻) [2] was a proposed state of the United States promoted by leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who had founded settlements in what is ...
Last year, Utah became the first state to pass a law limiting minors' social media use to those who had parental consent and requiring platforms to provide a way for parents to access their kids ...
Another 53 miles of the Utah Territory is transferred to the State of Nevada, May 5, 1866; North-eastern corner of the Utah Territory is incorporated into the new Territory of Wyoming, July 25, 1868; Utah Enabling Act, July 16, 1894; Territory of Jefferson (extralegal), 1859–1861; State of Utah since January 4, 1896 [2]