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In 1914, the voter constitutional initiative was introduced, and between 1914 and 2012, 74 initiated amendments were considered by North Dakota voters. [6] North Dakota held a constitutional convention in 1889. [7] Since it was adopted on October 1, 1889, the Constitution of North Dakota has been amended 164 times. [8] In 1970, North Dakota ...
A 2013 census report listed North Dakota's population at an all-time high of 723,393 residents, making North Dakota the fastest growing state in the nation. The population boom reverses nearly a century of flat population numbers.
North Dakota (/ d ə ˈ k oʊ t ə / ⓘ də-KOH-tə) [5] is a landlocked U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota Sioux.It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south, and Montana to the west.
The Centennial Anthology of North Dakota History: Journal of the Northern Plains. State Historical Society of North Dakota. ISBN 5-555-55489-3. Peirce, Neal R. (1973). "North Dakota". The Great Plains States of America: People, Politics, and Power in the Nine Great Plains States. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-34274-3.
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 Enabling Act of 1889 (25 Stat. 676, chs. 180, 276–284, enacted February 22, 1889) is a United States statute that permitted the entrance of Montana and Washington into the United States of America, as well as the splitting of Territory of Dakota into two states: North Dakota and South Dakota.
Dakota Territory was organized on March 2, 1861; [1] on November 2, 1889, it was split into the states of North Dakota and South Dakota. [2] The Constitution of North Dakota originally provided for the election of a governor and lieutenant governor every two years, which was changed to four years in 1964. [3] A limit of two terms was added in ...
Following is a table of United States presidential elections in North Dakota, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1889, North Dakota has participated in every U.S. presidential election. Winners of the state are in bold. The shading refers to the state winner, and not the national winner.