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The original Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix. The capital of Arizona is Phoenix. The original Capitol building, with its distinctive copper dome, was dedicated in 1901 (construction was completed for $136,000 in 1900) when the area was a territory. Phoenix became the official state capital with Arizona's admission to the union in 1912. [125]
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 remoteness of the region was eased by the arrival of railroads in 1880. Arizona became a state in 1912 but was primarily rural with an economy based on cattle, cotton, citrus, and copper. Dramatic growth came after 1945, as retirees and young families who appreciated the warm weather and low costs emigrated from the Northeast and Midwest.
February 14: Arizona becomes the 48th state of the United States; Phoenix becomes the state capital. [108] U.S. President William Howard Taft issues Proclamation 1180: Admitting Arizona to the Union. [117] The Territory of Arizona becomes the State of Arizona. May 17: Chandler is founded by Alexander Chandler, from the breakup of his ranch. [55 ...
Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1: New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.
With the indictments, Arizona becomes the fourth state where allies of the former president have been charged with using false or unproven claims about voter fraud related to the election. Heading into a likely November rematch with Biden, Trump continues to spread lies about the last election that are echoed by many of his supporters.
A Republican activist who signed a document falsely claiming Donald Trump had won Arizona in 2020 became the first person to be convicted in the state’s fake elector case. Loraine Pellegrino, a ...
The last state to be admitted was Hawaii in August 1959, preceded by Alaska, which became a state just months earlier in January 1959, and Arizona in February 1912. Currently, there are two active statehood movements: one for D.C. and another for Puerto Rico.