Arizona Centennial: Congress and the Creation of Arizona

Sketch from the Office of the Mexican Boundary Survey, 1853

In celebration of Arizona's 100th anniversary these documents illustrate Congress's important role in adding Arizona to the the union as the 48th state. Thank you to the National Archives for providing these documents for Arizona's 100th anniversary.

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items are from between 12 Oct 2010 & 07 Dec 2011.

Gadsden Purchase Treaty as first negotiated, (in English and Spanish), December 30, 1853

H.R. 357, An Act to provide a temporary government for the Territory of Arizona, (draft), May 15, 1862

President Abraham Lincoln's nomination of John A. Gurley to be the first Governor of the Territory of Arizona, March 7, 1863

Memorial of the Territory of Arizona praying for Statehood, March 11, 1899

"Senatorial Filibustering," by Clifford K. Berryman, Washington Evening Star, January 31, 1903

"Admission to Statehood," by Clifford K. Berryman, Washington Post, May 24, 1911

H.J. Res. 14, to admit the Territories of New Mexico and Arizona as States into the Union, August 10, 1911

President William Howard Taft's veto of H.J. Res. 14 to admit the territories of New Mexico and Arizona as States into the Union, August 15, 1911

S.J. Res. 57, Joint Resolution to admit the Territories of New Mexico and Arizona as States into the Union, August 16, 1911

Credentials for the first U.S. Senators from Arizona, March 27, 1912

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