It became the 20th State to join the Union on 10 December 1817.
The original Mississippi Territory created by the US Congress in 1798. In 1817, Congress divided the Mississippi Territory into the state of Mississippi and the Alabama Territory. On Dec. 10, 1817, Mississippi joined the Union and became the 20th state.
The date of statehood for Mississipi is December 10,1817.
Mississippi applied for statehood in 1817. It became the 20th state to join the United States on December 10, 1817. The territory was originally part of the larger Mississippi Territory, which was established in 1798.
Florida, Wisconsin, Michigan and West Virginia are east of the Mississippi and were not states by 1833. Michigan was granted statehood in 1837.
Mississippi ranks 31st among the US States.
Mississippi was admitted into the Union on December 10, 1817 becoming the 20th state to join the Union.
Governor Frances E. Warren encouraged statehood. John A. Campbell, territorial governor, signed the bill giving Wyoming women the right to vote which helped Wyoming qualify for statehood by having enough residents. Territorial Governor Thomas Moonlight first supported statehood, then opposed it. Delegate to Congress Joseph M. Carey, also backed statehood.
Mississippi was declared a state in the Union on December 10, 1817. It was the 2oth state admitted to the United States.
In 1763, Mississippi was the new western border of English territory. Mississippi gained statehood on December 10, 1817. Today, its population is 2.985 million.
The smallest state in the Louisiana Purchase is Arkansas. Arkansas is west of the Mississippi River. Arkansas achieved statehood in 1836.
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Paul B. Johnson has written: 'Mississippi: one hundred and fifty years of statehood' -- subject(s): History