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The Great Seal of the State of Kansas was established by the legislature on May 25, 1861. The design was submitted by Senator John James Ingalls. He also proposed the state motto, "Ad astra per aspera", which means "to the stars through difficulty". Kansas became the 34th state admitted to the Union on January 29, 1861.
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]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 18 February 2025. U.S. state This article is about the U.S. state. For other uses, see Kansas (disambiguation). State in the United States Kansas State Flag Seal Nickname(s): The Sunflower State (official); The Wheat State; America's Heartland Motto(s): Ad astra per aspera (Latin) To the stars through ...
The Senate was still just as opposed to a new free state, and no action was taken until January 1861, when senators from the seceding slave states abandoned their seats. On the same day the last of them left, Monday, January 21, 1861, the Senate passed the Kansas bill. [1] Kansas's admission as a free state became effective Tuesday, January 29 ...
Kansas Territory was established on May 30, 1854, by the Kansas–Nebraska Act.This act established both the Nebraska Territory and Kansas Territory. The most momentous provision of the Act in effect repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and allowed the settlers of Kansas Territory to determine by popular sovereignty whether Kansas would be a free state or a slave state.
Kansas became one of the first states in the country to pass three levels of licensure at the bachelor, master and post-graduate clinical level. At that time, only 11 states had social work ...
The Kansas House and Senate during the 2023 legislative session introduced a combined 800 bills, of which just 92 became laws. As the 2024 session approaches, we looked back at the year’s ...
Kansas became the 10th state in the nation Wednesday to require two-person railroad crews despite objections from freight railroads, but the industry may challenge the rule in court as it has in ...