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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.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the admission of Utah to the Union on May 4 1896. An enlargeable map of the United States as it has been since Hawaiʻi was admitted to the Union on August 21, 1959. The following timeline traces the territorial evolution of the U.S. State of Utah.
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 1895 convention was the Utah Territory's seventh and final attempt to be admitted to the United States as a state. The Constitution of Utah was accepted by Congress and President Grover Cleveland, leading to Utah's admittance into the union as the 45th state on January 4, 1896. [1]
January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state (see History of Utah). February 6–August 12 – Yaqui Uprising in Arizona and Mexico. March 23 – The New York State Legislature passes the Raines Law, restricting Sunday alcoholic beverage sales to hotels.
Heber Manning Wells (August 11, 1859 – March 12, 1938) was an American politician and banker who served as the first governor of the State of Utah. Utah gained statehood on January 4, 1896; Wells served as governor from January 6, 1896, until January 2, 1905.
Utah – state in the Western United States. It became the 45th state admitted to the Union on January 4, 1896. Utah is the 13th-largest , the 34th-most populous , and the 10th-least-densely populated of the 50 United States .