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An Act for the Admission of the State of California into the Union was the formal title given to the Congressional legislation passed by the 31st Congress, and signed by President Millard Fillmore on September 9, 1850, which admitted California as the 31st state to the Union.
The areas proposed to break off of Oregon and California vote Republican but in a state whose legislatures are dominated by Democrats. Douglas and Josephine counties in Oregon approved language for petitions to put a measure on the ballot. Even if passed by voters, it would still need approval from all three state legislatures. [28] [29]
The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. [6]
The California State Senate voted on June 4, 1965, to divide California into two states, with the Tehachapi Mountains as the boundary. Sponsored by State Senator Richard J. Dolwig (R-San Mateo), the resolution proposed to separate the seven southern counties, with a majority of the state's population, from the 51 other counties, and passed 27 ...
[175] [180] According to the U.S. Census Bureau, between 2021 and 2022, 818,000 California residents moved out of state [181] with emigrants listing high cost of living, [182] high taxes, [183] [184] and a difficult business environment as the motivation. [184] The net loss of population in California between July 2020 and July 2023 was 433,000 ...
California and Oregon: The secession of Northern California and Southern Oregon to form a state named Jefferson. In 2021, 5 counties in Oregon voted to join Idaho. [127] Various proposals of partition and secession in California, usually splitting the south half from the north or the urban coastline from the rest of the state. [128]
The secretary of state is California's chief elections officer, overseeing all federal and state elections in the state and maintaining a database of registered voters. [2] The officeholder is also responsible for disclosure of campaign and lobbyist financial information, under the California Political Reform Act of 1974.
Since California was given official statehood by the U.S. on September 9, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850, [14] the state capital was variously San Jose (1850–1851), Vallejo (1852–1853) and Benicia (1853–1854), until Sacramento was finally selected in 1854.