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In February 1903, U.S. Senator Hamilton Kean spoke against Arizona's statehood. He said Mormons who fled from Idaho to Mexico would return to the U.S. and mix in the politics of Arizona. [44] In 1912, Arizona almost entered the Union as part of New Mexico in a Republican plan to keep control of the U.S. Senate. The plan, while accepted by most ...
Territory of Arizona, 1863–1912 [1] North-western corner of the Arizona Territory is transferred to the State of Nevada, 1867; State of Arizona since February 14, 1912; Mexican Boundary Exchanges: In 1927 under the Banco Convention of 1905, the U.S. acquired two bancos from Mexico at the Colorado River border with Arizona.
The Territory of Arizona, commonly known as the Arizona Territory, was a territory of the United States that existed from February 24, 1863, [1] until February 14, 1912, when the remaining extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the state of Arizona.
Hinchcliffe Court opens near Tucson, the first auto court motel in Arizona. [116] 1912 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.
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January 6, 1912 New Mexico Territory was admitted as the forty-seventh state, New Mexico. [208] [357] February 14, 1912 Arizona Territory was admitted as the forty-eighth state, Arizona. [259] [358] August 24, 1912 The District of Alaska was reorganized as the Alaska Territory. [359] Northwestern North America: January 31, 1913
Texas was the lifeline for Arizona, but only until California was established as a U.S. state, meaning Arizona had access to two separate lines of communications and food for frontier settlements. The main line was the Butterfield Overland Mail company, which ran through southern Arizona.
By 1863, with the splitting off of the Arizona Territory, New Mexico reached its modern borders. They became states within forty days of one another. On January 6, 1912, New Mexico became the 47th state in the Union. [111] Arizona would shortly follow, becoming the last of the 48 contiguous United States on February 14, 1912. [112]