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May 11, 1858 - Minnesota is the 32nd state admitted to the Union.
Area - 86,943 sq. miles Capital - St. Paul © Copyright 2005 Roger W Hancock
Motto - L'étoile du Nord (French - The star of the North.) Nickname - North Star State / Land of 10,000 Lakes

- The eastern portion of Minnesota are some of the 1783 "spoils of war" won in the American Revolution from Great Britain.
- Eastern Minnesota in 1787 becomes part of the American Northwest Territories of the United States of America.
- The 1803 Louisiana Purchase gains the western portion of Minnesota for the United States.
- The Wisconsin Territory which includes Minnesota is created in 1836.
- The Minnesota Territory is formed in 1849.
- An 1849 law provides for free public schools for people between four and twenty-one years of age.
- Minnesota is the 32nd state admitted to the Union on May 11, 1858.
- Minnesota women, in 1875, receive the right to vote in school elections.
- John A. Johnson, Minnesota's first native-born governor, in 1905 is elected to his first of three terms.
- Minnesota ratifies the 19th amendment to the United States constitution in 1919, allowing the women's vote.
- The Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party is formed in 1944 When the Democratic Labor and Farmer Labor parties merge.
- Coya Knutson, in 1954, becomes the first Minnesota woman elected to the Congress of the United States.
- Minnesota Senator Hubert Humphrey is elected Vice-President of the United States when Lyndon Johnson wins the Presidency in 1964. © Copyright 2005 Roger W Hancock
- Senator Eugene McCarthy wins the New Hampshire presidential primary of Minnesota in 1968 for his bid for the office.
- Previously a Minnesota Senator, Vice President Hubert Humphrey runs for president in 1968, narrowly losing to Richard Nixon.
- Warren Burger, native of St. Paul, is named to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1969.
- Minnesotan Harry Blackmun is named in 1970 to the Supreme Court of the United States, he later writes the majority opinion in the Roe v. Wade case, effectively legalizing abortion.
- Minnesota Senator Walter Mondale becomes Vice President in 1976 when Jimmy Carter is elected president of the United States.
- Former Minnesota Senator and Former Vice President Walter Mondale runs for president, in 1984, losing to Ronald Reagan.
- 1977 - Rosalie Wahl in 2977 becomes the first woman Justice on the Minnesota Supreme Court.
One Vote Counts in Minnesota.
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