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4th comment on this post). You'll have to trust me that I did this correctly without references.
Learning the order that each state joined the union reminded me why trivia excites me. 50 dates don't matter, but seeing how the slavery dispute required one new Southern state for each Northern one from 1803 to 1837 is a powerful illustration. Or how the Mexican War required bringing in Florida and Texas in 1845, with the Whigs then admitting only Midwestern or West Coast states until the Civil War. I didn't understand the cluster of 6 states in 1889-90, so I found out that Benjamin Harrison added them to bring in Republican voters and Congressmen. That's the kind of information that makes trivia special. To me, at least.
| 1787 | Delaware | Dover |
| 1787 | Pennsylvania | Harrisburg |
| 1787 | New Jersey | Trenton |
| 1788 | Georgia | Atlanta |
| 1788 | Connecticut | Hartford |
| 1788 | Massachusetts | Boston |
| 1788 | Maryland | Annapolis |
| 1788 | South Carolina | Columbia |
| 1788 | New Hampshire | Concord |
| 1788 | Virginia | Richmond |
| 1788 | New York | Albany |
| 1789 | North Carolina | Raleigh |
| 1790 | Rhode Island | Providence |
| 1791 | Vermont | Montpelier |
| 1792 | Kentucky | Frankfort |
| 1796 | Tennessee | Nashville |
| 1803 | Ohio | Columbus |
| 1812 | Louisiana | Baton Rouge |
| 1816 | Indiana | Indianapolis |
| 1817 | Mississippi | Jackson |
| 1818 | Illinois | Springfield |
| 1819 | Alabama | Montgomery |
| 1820 | Maine | Augusta |
| 1821 | Missouri | Jefferson City |
| 1836 | Arkansas | Little Rock |
| 1837 | Michigan | Lansing |
| 1845 | Florida | Tallahassee |
| 1845 | Texas | Austin |
| 1846 | Iowa | Des Moines |
| 1848 | Wisconsin | Madison |
| 1850 | California | Sacramento |
| 1858 | Minnesota | St. Paul |
| 1859 | Oregon | Salem |
| 1861 | Kansas | Topeka |
| 1863 | West Virginia | Charleston |
| 1864 | Nevada | Carson City |
| 1867 | Nebraska | Lincoln |
| 1876 | Colorado | Denver |
| 1889 | North Dakota | Bismarck |
| 1889 | South Dakota | Pierre |
| 1889 | Montana | Helena |
| 1889 | Washington | Olympia |
| 1890 | Idaho | Boise |
| 1890 | Wyoming | Cheyenne |
| 1896 | Utah | Salt Lake City |
| 1907 | Oklahoma | Oklahoma City |
| 1912 | New Mexico | Santa Fe |
| 1912 | Arizona | Phoenix |
| 1959 | Alaska | Juneau |
| 1959 | Hawaii | Honolulu |
Sorry about the formatting - best I can do in Blogger.
So, um, yeah, glad you got that history lesson I was totally intending to teach you. :) Seriously though, as another person who enjoys trivia, I think the patterns you discovered and the reasons for them are indeed really interesting.
ReplyDeleteSo, Charles, I now am officially truly and deeply impressed. And if you can do that from memory at the next Ross Reunion, you will become my Trivia Overlord - with all the attendant rights and responsibilities we agree to make up on the spot.