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North Dakota – 39th state of the United States, having been admitted to the union on November 2, 1889. The state capital is Bismarck , and the most populous city is Fargo . North Dakota is the 19th most extensive , but the 4th least populous , and the 4th least densely populated of the 50 United States .
North Dakota Mill and Elevator postcard, ca. 1922 North Dakota State Seed Department on North Dakota State University campus. The state is the largest producer in the U.S. of many cereal grains, including barley (36% of U.S. crop), durum wheat (58%), hard red spring wheat (48%), oats (17%), and combined wheat of all types (15%).
The 1892 United States presidential election in North Dakota took place on November 8, 1892. As North Dakota had been admitted to the Union as the 39th state on November 2, 1889, this was the first presidential election in which North Dakota cast electoral votes. All contemporary 44 states were part of the 1892 United States presidential election.
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]
American Party candidate Thomas Anderson finished highest among third parties; finishing with 1.24% of North Dakota's popular vote. Despite losing in North Dakota, Carter went on to win the national election and became the 39th president of the United States. [2]
Each state elects two senators, while representatives are distributed among the states in proportion to the most recent constitutionally mandated decennial census. [5] Additionally, each state is entitled to select a number of electors to vote in the Electoral College , the body that elects the president of the United States , equal to the ...
Tammy Miller (born February 8, 1960) is an American politician and corporate executive from North Dakota.A member of the Republican Party, she served as the 39th lieutenant governor of North Dakota from 2023 to 2024.
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