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March 1, 1803 - Ohio is the 17th state admitted to the Union. Ohio became the first state west of the Alleghenies.
Area - 44,828 sq. miles Capital - Columbus © Copyright 2005 Roger W Hancock
Motto - With God all things are possible. Nickname - Buckeye State

- Ohio becomes part of the Northwest Territory in 1787.
- Ohio is admitted to the Union on March 1, 1803, as the 17th state.
- Chillicothe is named state capital in 1803.
- "Black Laws" restricting the legal rights of free blacks are passed by the Ohio legislature in 1804.
- The state capitol is moved to Zanesville in 1810.
- Columbus named in 1816 as the state capitol.             © Copyright 2005 Roger W Hancock
- William Henry Harrison, of North Bend, in 1840 is elected as the 9th United States President.
- In 1868, Ulysses S. Grant, of Point Pleasant, is elected 18th President of the United States.
- Rutherford B. Hayes, from Delaware, Ohio is elected president in 1876.
- In 1879 Thomas A. Edison of Milan, Ohio invented the incandescent bulb.
- James Garfield, of Orange, is elected 20th President of the United States in 1880.
- The first electric streetcar began operation in Cleveland in 1884.
- Benjamin Harrison, from North Bend in 1888, is elected the 23rd President of the U.S.
- The first gasoline-powered automobile in America was made in Ohio City by John W. Lambert.
- William Howard Taft, of Cincinnati, is elected in 1908 as the 27th President of the United States.
- Warren G. Harding, from Corsica, is elected the 29th President of the U.S. in 1920.
- The passing of the Bing Act in 1921, requires students to remain in school until graduation or age 18.
- The first woman to serve on the Ohio State Supreme Court was Florence Allen in 1922.
- The first Ohio State sales tax is passes in 1934 and is set at 3 percent.
- In 1953 Congress discovers Ohio's statehood had not been officially recognized, it passes a resolution declaring Ohio's entry into the Union as March 1, 1803.
- Ohio adopts a state motto in 1958, "With God all Things are Possible."
- The Ohio Civil Rights Commission is created in 1959 to eliminate employment discrimination.
- Terms of some state officials are increased in 1959, from two to four years.
- John Glenn from New Concord was the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962.
- The State income tax is adopted in 1971.             © Copyright 2005 Roger W Hancock
- Stephanie Tubbs Jones became the first Black American to serve in the Ohio Congress in 1996.
- John Glenn becomes the oldest American in 1998 to fly in Space.

One Vote Counts in Ohio.
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TimeLine of Ohio

States – AL – AK – AZ – AR – CA – CO – CT – DE – FL – GA – HI – ID – IL – IN – IA – KS – KY
LA – ME – MD – MA – MI – MN – MS – MO – MT – NE – NV – NH – NJ – NM – NY – NC
ND – OH – OK – OR – PA – RI – SC – SD – TN – TX – UT – VT – VA – WA – WV – WI – WY
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District of Columbia - American Soma - Guam - Northern Marianas
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