Territorial evolution of Utah

Utah Enabling Act
Great Seal of the United States
Long titleAn Act To enable the people of Utah to form a constitution and State government, and to be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States.
Enacted bythe 53rd United States Congress
EffectiveJuly 16, 1894
Citations
Statutes at Large28 Stat. 107
Legislative history
  • Introduced in the House as H.R. 352 by Joseph L. Rawlins on September 6, 1893
  • Committee consideration by House Committee on the Territories
  • Passed the House on December 13, 1893 (Voice vote)
  • Passed the Senate on July 10, 1894 (Voice vote)
  • Signed into law by President Grover Cleveland on July 16, 1894
An enlargeable map of the United States after the Constitution of the United States was ratified on March 4, 1789.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the Treaty of Córdoba was signed on August 24, 1821.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed on February 2, 1848.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the proposed State of Deseret on July 2, 1849.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the Territory of New Mexico and the Territory of Utah on September 9, 1850.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the proposed Territory of Jefferson on October 24, 1859.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the Territory of Colorado on February 28, 1861.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the Territory of Nevada on March 2 1861.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the annexation of a western portion of the Territory of Utah on July 14 1862.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the annexation of another western portion of the Territory of Utah on May 5 1866.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the Territory of Wyoming on July 25, 1868.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the admission of Utah to the Union on May 4 1896.
An enlargeable map of the United States as it has been since Hawaiʻi was admitted to the Union on August 21, 1959.

The following timeline traces the territorial evolution of the U.S. State of Utah.

Timeline

See also

Arizona Territorial evolution of Arizona
Colorado List of territorial claims and designations in Colorado
Idaho Territorial evolution of Idaho
Nevada Territorial evolution of Nevada
New Mexico Territorial evolution of New Mexico
Wyoming Territorial evolution of Wyoming

References

  1. ↑ Thirty-first United States Congress (September 9, 1850). "An Act to provide a Territorial Government for Utah" (cgi-bin). Retrieved June 5, 2009.
  2. ↑ Grover Cleveland (January 4, 1896). "By the President of the United States of America, A Proclamation Admitting the State of Utah to the Union". Retrieved June 4, 2009.