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This is a list of people who were born in/raised in, lived in, or have significant relations with the American state of Massachusetts. It includes both notable people born in the Commonwealth, and other notable people who are from the Commonwealth. People from Massachusetts are called "Massachusettsans" or "Bay Staters" after the Commonwealth's ...
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 category is for people from the United States state of Massachusetts Classification : People : By nationality : American : By state : Massachusetts Also: Countries : United States : States : Massachusetts : People
The flag of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts There were approximately 120 general officers from Massachusetts who served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . This list consists of generals who were either born in Massachusetts or lived in Massachusetts when they joined the army (in the case of Regular Army officers, the date that ...
Massachusetts: A Concise History (2002), a recent scholarly history Clark, Will L. ed., Western Massachusetts: A History, 1636–1925 (1926), history of towns and institutions Cumbler, John T. online Reasonable Use: The People, the Environment, and the State, New England, 1790–1930 (2001), environmental history
James Trecothick Austin (1784–1870) – born in Boston, member of Massachusetts General Court and Massachusetts Attorney General [1] Jonathan Loring Austin (1748–1826) – born in Boston; officer in American Revolutionary War; Massachusetts state representative, senator, secretary, and treasurer [1]
Charles Francis Adams Jr., Civil War colonel, Union Army, great-grandson of President John Quincy Adams [13] Charles Francis Adams III, 44th Secretary of the Navy [13] Oscar C. Badger, U.S. Navy officer [14] John Buttrick, Concord militia leader; Frederick Heyliger, Easy company commander and member of the "Band of Brothers" Jonathan Hoar ...
However, since the state was not recognized by the Congress of the Confederation, it disbanded and joined North Carolina. In 1790, North Carolina relinquished the region to the federal government, creating the Southwest Territory. In 1796, the territory would be admitted to the Union as the State of Tennessee, with Sevier as its first governor.