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A separate table is included below showing AoC ratification dates.) These states are presented in the order in which each ratified the 1787 Constitution and joined the others in the new (and current) federal government. The date of admission listed for each subsequent state is the official date set by Act of Congress. [a]
The colonial families of Maryland were the leading families in the Province of Maryland. Several also had interests in the Colony of Virginia , and the two are sometimes referred to as the Chesapeake Colonies .
This is a list of symbols of the U.S. state of Maryland. Most of the items in the list are officially recognized symbols created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly and signed into law by the governor. However, two of the more famous symbols of Maryland, the state motto and the state nicknames, were never made official by the state ...
Chesapeake Science Point Charter School, Hanover. Crofton High School, Gambrills. Mary E. Moss Academy, Crownsville. Meade Senior High School, Fort Meade. Old Mill High School, Millersville. Severn Run High School, Severn. Severna Park High School, Severna Park. South River High School, Edgewater.
The Baltimore oriole is the state bird of Maryland. This list of birds of Maryland includes species credibly documented in the U.S. state of Maryland and accepted by the Maryland / District of Columbia Records Committee (MRC) of the Maryland Ornithological Society as of 2022. There are 456 species included in the official list. Eight additional species of questionable origin and two of exotic ...
Maryland: Black-eyed susan: Rudbeckia hirta: 1918: Massachusetts: Mayflower: Epigaea repens: 1918: Michigan: Apple blossom (state flower) Malus: 1897: Dwarf lake iris (state wildflower) Iris lacustris: 1998: Minnesota: Pink and white lady's slipper: Cypripedium reginae: 1902 (enacted 1967) Mississippi: Magnolia (state flower) Magnolia: 1900 ...
Since the office was established in 1789, 45 men have served in 46 presidencies. The first president, George Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College. [ 4] Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is therefore counted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, giving rise to the discrepancy between the ...
The governor of Maryland is the head of government of the U.S. state of Maryland and is the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. [ 1] The governor is the highest-ranking official in the state, and the constitutional powers of Maryland's governors make them among the most powerful governors in the United States. [ 2]