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On March 3, 1845, Florida became the 27th state of the United States of America. Its first governor was William Dunn Moseley. [60] Almost half the state's population were enslaved African Americans working on large cotton and sugar plantations, between the Apalachicola and Suwannee rivers in the north central part of the state.
The Territory of Florida was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 30, 1822, [1] until March 3, 1845, when it was admitted to the Union as the State of Florida.
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]
Delaware became the first state to ratify the United States Constitution. [65] no change to map: December 12, 1787 Pennsylvania became the second state to ratify the Constitution. [66] December 18, 1787 New Jersey became the third state to ratify the Constitution. [67] January 2, 1788 Georgia became the fourth state to ratify the Constitution. [68]
March 3: Florida was admitted to the Union as the 27th U.S. state. May 26: Florida Legislature is formed succeeding the Florida Territorial Legislative Council. June 25: Florida's first elected governor, William Dunn Moseley takes office. 1848 January 8: Holmes County is established. 1849 January 18: Putnam County is established.
Florida has become the first state to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as “The Gulf of America” following in lockstep with Donald Trump’s explosive inaugural speech, according to an official ...
When did Florida add Confederate holidays to state law? Confederate Memorial Day and Lee's birthday were enshrined in Florida law in 1895 , 30 years after the end of the Civil War. Jefferson Davis ...
On March 3, 1845, Florida was admitted as the twenty-seventh state of the Union. Later in 1845, in the first statewide election, Moseley won the election for Governor of Florida. He beat Richard Keith Call, who had been the governor of Florida Territory, and Moseley became the first governor of the state of Florida. Moseley was sworn in on June ...