The states added to the Union from 1792-1819 were Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Louisiana, Indiana, Mississippi, Illinois, and Alabama.
Kentucky (1792)
Tennessee (1796)
Ohio (1803)
Louisiana (1812)
Indiana (1816)
Mississippi (1817)
Illinois (1818)
Alabama (1819)
Kentucky's admission to the Union occurred on June 1, 1792. It was the 15th state to do so. During the American Civil War, it was one of the border states.
Kentucky was the 15th state to enter the union on June 1, 1792.
Kentucky become the 15th state on June 1,1792. Kentucky was admitted to the Union by a vote of the US House and Senate. Prior to 1792, Kentucky was part of the Commonwealth of Virginia which still included what is now West Virginia. Kentucky was the the 15th Star added to the flag; it was also the last state to have a stripe added to the flag. Kentucky's 15th stripe along with Vermont's 14th stripe was removed from the flag when it was realized that too many stripes would destroy the beauty of the flag. Kentucky never left the Union in the Civil War, thus it did not have to be readmitted.
The U.S. Congress accepted Kentucky's constitution and admitted it as the 15th state on June 1, 1792.
Kentucky was admitted to the Union on June 1, 1792 making it the 15th State in the Union.
In 1792
Kentucky, in 1792
The only new state added to the union in the early days that is not located west of the Appalachian Mountains is Kentucky. It became the 15th state on June 1, 1792. Originally part of Virginia, Kentucky's admission to the Union was significant as it marked the first state created from a territory of an existing state.
Kentucky was the 15th state to join the Union and did so in 1792.
Kentucky was admitted to the Union on June 1, 1792 becoming the 15th state to join the Union.
Kentucky became the 15th US State in 1792.
Kentucky was admitted into the Union on June 1, 1792 becoming the 15th state to join the Union.