• December 14, 1819 - Alabama is the 22nd state admitted to the Union.  Alabama seceded from the Union Area - 52,237 sq. miles        Capital - Montgomery       (c) Copyright 2005 Roger W Hancock

- It is believed that Spanish explorers passed through the area of Mobile Bay in 1519.
- The territory was visited by explorer Hernando de Soto in 1540.
- Alabama's first permanent European settlement was at Fort Louis de la Mobile in 1702 by the French.
- The 1763 Treaty of Paris gave control of the area to the British.
- The British cede control of the region to the United States of America after the American Revolution.
- In 1819 voters elect William Wyatt Bibb as first Governor. 
- Alabama becomes the 22nd state on December 14, 1819.   (c) Copyright 2005 Roger W Hancock
- In 1854 the Alabama Public School Act creates the first state-wide education system establishing an office of State Superintendent of Education.
- In 1861 Alabama becomes the fourth state to secede from the Union.
- Jefferson Davis becomes the President of the Confederate States of America in 1861.
- Benjamin S. Turner of Alabama was among 5 blacks elected to the 42nd U.S. Congress in 1871.
- Blacks in Montgomery, Alabama begin a bus boycott in December, 1955 that continues through the next year, when Rosa Parks refused to change seats to sit at the back of the bus.
- The United States Supreme Court outlaws bus segregation in Montgomery in 1956.
- Lurleen Wallace was inaugurated as the state's first woman governor in 1967.
- Richard Arrington is elected in 1979 as the first Black Mayor of Birmingham.
One Vote Counts in Alabama.
Sources - http://www.shgresources.com - http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/bhm/timeline.htm - http://www.theus50.com/alabama/

• January 3, 1959 - Alaska is the 49th state admitted to the Union as the first new state since 1912.
  Area - 615,230 sq. miles        Capital - Juneau       (c) Copyright 2005 Roger W Hancock

- The 1912 Alaska territorial legislature gives women the right to vote.
- First bill for Alaska statehood is introduced in Congress in 1916.    (c) Copyright 2005 Roger W Hancock
- In 1920 Anchorage citizens vote for incorporation, Then elect Leopold David as first mayor of the city.
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- Tlingit William Paul, Sr. in 1924 becomes the first Native American elected to the Alaska Legislature.
- Governor Gruening signs the Anti-Discrimination Act in 1945, the first such legislation passed in the United States and its possessions since post-Civil War
- Territorial voters adopt the State Constitution in 1956 and send two senators and one representative to Washington under the Tennessee Plan.
- Alaska becomes the 49th state in 1959.
- 1982 brings the changing of the voting age from 18 to 21.
- Becoming effective in 2002 students are required to pass exit exams to earn high school diplomas.
One Vote Counts in Alaska.
Sources - http://www.shgresources.com - http://www.suffragist.com/timeline.htm 

• February 14, 1912 - Arizona is the 48th state admitted to the Union.
  Area - 114,006 sq. miles        Capital - Phoenix       (c) Copyright 2005 Roger W Hancock

- The capital was first established in Prescott, changed to Tucson in 1867, and later in 1889 it was moved to Phoenix.
- On Valentines Day in 1912 Arizona becomes the 48th State of the Union. 
- The State's first Governor, George W. P. Hunt begins serving in 1912.
- Women are included as voters when Arizona territory becomes a state in 1912.
- Wing F. Ong became the first Asian American elected to a state office in Arizona in 1946. He was a State Representative.
- In 1957 Little Rock high school - The capital was first established in Prescott, changed to Tucson in 1867, and later in 1889 it was moved to Phoenix.
- On Valentines Day in 1912 Arizona becomes the 48th State of the Union. The State's first Governor is George W. P. Hunt.
- Women are included as voters when Arizona territory becomes a state in 1912. - in 1964 Senator Barry M. Goldwater losses a bid for president.   (c) Copyright 2005 Roger W Hancock
- Raul H. Castro becomes the first Mexican American Governor of Arizona in 1975.
- In 1988 Governor Evan Mecham becomes the first U. S. Governor in 59 years for an impeachment to conclude wth his removal from office.
- Rose Mofford is sworn in as the 18th Governor on April 5, 1988. She is the first woman to hold the office of Arizona Governor.
One Vote Counts in Arizona.
Sources - http://www.shgresources.com - http://web.mit.edu/21h.153j/www/chrono.html - http://www.suffragist.com/timeline.htm 

• June 15, 1836 - Arkansas is the 25th state admitted to the Union. as a new slave state despite opposition in Congress.  Arkansas joined the Confederacy in 1861 re-entering the Union at War's end.
  Area - 53,182 sq. miles        Capital - Little Rock       (c) Copyright 2005 Roger W Hancock

• September 9, 1850 - California is the 31st state admitted to the Union. Congress hesitated to admit a new free state, but considering California's booming population and the discovery of gold, granted admission.
  Area - 158,869 sq. miles      Capital - Sacramento       (c) Copyright 2005 Roger W Hancock

- In 1848 the Treaty of Guadalupe makes California a U.S. holding, ending the Mexican War.
- California was admitted into the Union in 1850 as the 31st state.
- California passes an 1858 law that bars immigration of Chinese and "Mongolians."
- In 1862 California imposes a "police tax" ($2.50 a month) on every Chinese.
- A 1870 law prohibits importation of Chinese, Japanese, & "Mongolian" women for prostitution.
- In 1882 the Chinese Exclusion Law bars Chinese immigration of laborers for ten years and is renued two more times in 1892 and 1902.  In 1892 the U.S. Court upholds the constitutionality of the ban. In 1904 the exclusion is made indefinite and applicable to U.S. insular possessions. All exclusion laws are repealed in 1943.
- California is the 31st state admitted to the Union in 1850.
- In 1875 the U.S. Congress bars entry of Chinese, Japanese, and "Mongolian" prostitutes, felons, and contract laborers.
- Senator A.A. Sargeant, in 1878, introduces the first federal amendment to grant women the right to vote.
- California revises adopting a new constitution (1879)  that bans cities and corporations from employing Chinese. 
- The State Legislature passes an 1879 law requiring all municipalities to remove Chinese outside their city limits. The U.S. circuit court strikes down the law as unconstitutional.
- Chinese laundrymen win case in Yick Wo v. Hopkins, 1886. It declares a law with unequal impact on different groups is discriminatory.      (c) Copyright 2005 Roger W Hancock
- The California suffrage amendment is defeated statewide in 1896. It passed in Los Angeles.
- 1898 Wong Kim Ark v. U.S., 1898, rules that Chinese born in the U.S. can not be stripped of citizenship.
- Women's Socialist Union of California forms in 1902
- Angel Island opened in 1910.  Angel Island, for 30 years, served as a point of entry to the United States for many immigrants.
- In 1911 California passes amendment to give women the right to vote.
- Richard M Nixon is born in Yorba Linda in 1913.  He became the 37th president of the United States (1968-1974) and the first President to resign from office.
- The ACLU is founded in 1920, (American Civil Liberties Union)
- The Supreme Court reaffirms Asian immigrants were not eligible for naturalization, in Ozawa v. U.S., 1924.
- The 1924 Immigration Act denies immigration to all Asians.
- California, in 1956, repeals alien land laws.       (c) Copyright 2005 Roger W Hancock
- In 1964, Jul 15, The Republican National Convention was held in San Francisco.
- Free Speech movement at Berkeley begins in 1964.
- The Black Panther Party is founded in Oakland in 1965.
- A 1965 Immigration Law abolishes "national origins" as basis to  allocate immigration quotas.
-  In 1966 Ronald Reagan defeats Pat Brown becoming governor. Reagan had defeated George Christopher, former San Francisco Mayor, in the primary.
- California enacts the nation’s first “no fault” divorce law in 1969, allowing divorce by mutual consent.
California Gov. Reagan won a 2nd term in 1970, defeating Jesse Unruh.
- Thomas Bradley is first Black elected mayor of Los Angeles in 1973.
- State ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment fails in 1982.    (c) Copyright 2005 Roger W Hancock
- The first Mexican-American woman, Lucille Roybal-Allard, democrat, becomes a member of the U.S. House of Representatives in 1992.
- In 1992 Riots break out In Los Angeles after the verdict in the Rodney King case.
- Madeleine Albright becomes the first woman Secretary of State in 1997.
One Vote Counts in California.
Sources - http://www.freedombaptistnc.com/social.htm - http://web.mit.edu/21h.153j/www/chrono.html - http://www.cetel.org/timeline.html - http://www.shgresources.com - http://www.legacy98.org/timeline.html - http://www.amazoncastle.com/feminism/sufftime.shtml -

• August 1, 1870 - After three attempts Colorado was made the 38th state admitted to the Union.
  Area - 104,100 sq. miles        Capital - Denver       (c) Copyright 2005 Roger W Hancock

• January 9, 1788 - Connecticut becomes the 5th state when it voted to ratify the U.S. Constitution. 
  Area - 5,544 sq. miles        Capital - Hartford       (c) Copyright 2005 Roger W Hancock

• December 7, 1787 - Delaware is the 1st state to ratify the Constitution gaining its distinction as the "First State". 
  Area - 2,397 sq. miles         Capital - Dover       (c) Copyright 2005 Roger W Hancock

 - Caesar Rodney, Thomas McKean, and George Read represent Delaware at the First Continental Congress in 1774.
- Three lower counties of Pennsylvania, in 1776, break away adopting a constitution becoming the Delaware State. Delaware was the first of the colonies to call themselves a state.
- 1776, Delaware Assembly declares its independence from England. 
- New Castle is replaced by Dover as state capital in 1777.
- Delaware Assembly, in 1779, ratifies Articles of Confederation.
- The US Constitutional Convention of 1787 gives the states the right to set voting qualifications.  Women lose the right to vote in Delaware.
- Delaware is the 1st state to ratify the Constitution in 1787, gaining its distinction as the "First State". 
- Delaware Free School Act passed in 1829 by the legislature created the first public schools in the state.
- Delaware legislature rejects President Lincoln's offer to buy its slaves in 1862.
- In 1865 The Delaware legislature votes against the abolishment of slavery (Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution).      (c) Copyright 2005 Roger W Hancock
- In 1868 the Delaware legislature votes against the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees equal protection for all races under the law.
- In 1870 the Delaware legislature votes against the Fifteenth Amendment to guarantee blacks the right to vote. 
- State legislature in 1875 creates separate school funding for white children and African American children.
- A law passes in 1889 to prohibit punishment of women at whipping post or pillory.
- In 1901 the Delaware Legislature ratifies the 13^th, 14^th, and 15^th Amendments to the United States Constitution.
- Delaware General Assembly outlaws racial segregation in public accommodations in 1963.
- Herman Holloway, Sr. in 1964 becomes the first black elected to Delaware's State Senate.
- S.B. Woo is elected lieutenant governor. He becomes the highest-ranking Asian-American official in the U. S.
- 2000 sees the election of Delaware's first woman governor, Ruth Ann Minner.
One Vote Counts in Delaware.
Sources - www.shgresources.com - www.dpsinfo.com/women/history/timeline.html - www.udel.edu/BlackHistory/diamonds.html 

• March 3, 1845 - Delayed by the reluctance of Congress to admit another slave state, Florida becomes the 27th state admitted to the Union.  Florida joined the Confederacy in 1861 and re-entering the Union at war's end.
  Area - 59,988 sq. miles        Capital - Tallahassee       (c) Copyright 2005 Roger W Hancock

• January 2, 1788 - Georgia is the 4th state to ratify the Constitution. Georgia joined the Confederacy on January 19, 1861, and re-entered the Union after the Civil War.
  Area - 58,977 sq. miles       Capital - Atlanta       (c) Copyright 2005 Roger W Hancock

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