The state of Washington was admitted to the Union of the United States on November 11, 1889.
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Indiana became a state in the United States on December 11, 1816. It was the 19th state admitted to the Union.
Please look at the coin again. You almost certainly have a state quarter honoring the admission of one of the early states in the Union in 1788. These coins were minted in 1999, 2000, and 2001 - look near the bottom of the back side for the minting date. Huge numbers of state quarters were minted so any that you find in change will generally be worth only face value, 25¢.
South Carolina seceded on that date.
West Virginia is the state entered the Union during the Civil War. The exact date was on June 2, 1863.
On February 19, 1803, President Jefferson signed an act of Congress that approved Ohio's boundaries and constitution. However, Congress had never passed a resolution formally admitting Ohio as the 17th state. The current custom of Congress declaring an official date of statehood did not begin until 1812, with Louisiana's admission as the 18th state. Although no formal resolution of admission was required, when the oversight was discovered in 1953, Ohio congressman George H. Bender introduced a bill in Congress to admit Ohio to the Union retroactive to March 1, 1803.