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1. George B. Cortelyou.

2. Victor H. Metcalf..

Do..

3. Oscar S. Straus.

4. Charles Nagel..

Feb. 16, 1903 Theodore Roosevelt.

July 1, 1904

Do.

Mar. 6, 1905

Do.

Dec. 12, 1906

Do.

Mar. 5, 1909

William H. Taft.

•Department of Commerce and Labor abolished Mar. 3, 1913.

1. William C. Redfield.

SECRETARIES OF COMMERCE

2. Joshua Wills Alexander.

3. Herbert C. Hoover..

Do.

4. William F. Whiting.

Mar. 5, 1913

Dec. 11, 1919

Mar. 5, 1921

Aug. 21, 1928

5. Robert Patterson Lamont..

Mar. 5, 1929

1 Recess appointment. Nomination not confirmed by the Senate (June 18, 1959).

The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was created by Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953, approved Apr. 1, 1953 (67 Stat. 18; 5 U.S.C. 623), which, effective Apr. 11, 1953, abolished the Federal Security Agency and transferred its functions to the new Department.

854

1 Recess appointment.

Jan. 18, 1966
Jan. 2, 1969
Jan. 21, 1969

Lyndon B. Johnson.

Do.
Richard M. Nixon.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development was created by Public Law 89-174, approved Sept. 9, 1965.

1. Alan S. Boyd.

2. John A. Volpe..

SECRETARIES OF TRANSPORTATION*

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Jan. 12, 1967
Jan. 21, 1969

Lyndon B. Johnson.
Richard M. Nixon.

The Department of Transportation was created by Public Law 89-670, approved Oct. 15,

1966.

855

Connecticut.
Massachusetts.
Maryland.

Dec. 7,1787

2.30

59, 096

446, 292

Dec. 12, 1787

46

23

434, 373

11, 319, 366

548, 104
11, 793, 909

2,057
45, 333

Dec. 18, 1787

238

184, 139

6,066, 782

7, 168, 164

Jan. 2, 1788

226

82, 548

3,943, 116

4,589, 575

7,836
58,876

Seceded Jan. 19, 1861. Readmitted to repre-
sentation by the act of July 15, 1870.

Seceded Dec. 20, 1860.

Readmitted to repre

The Constitution was adopted by convention of the States Sept. 17, 1787, and was subsequently ratified by the several States in the order

? Unaminous.

The area of Virginia at the date of ratification was 61,352 square miles, but Dec. 31, 1862, a portion of its territory was set off and admitted into the Union as a free and independent State under the name of West Virginia.

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STATES ADMITTED INTO THE UNION SINCE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION

Formed from a portion of the territory of the State of
New York.

Formed from a portion of the territory of the State of
Virginia.

Formed from territory ceded to the United States by
North Carolina. Seceded June 8, 1961. Readmitted
to representation by joint resolution of July 24, 1866.
41, 222 Formed from territory ceded to the United States by
the State of Virginia.
48, 523 Formed from territory ceded to the United States by
France under the treaty of Paris of Apr. 30, 1803.
Seceded Jan. 26, 1861. Readmitted to representation
upon ratifying the fourteenth amendment, July 9,
1868.

Formed from territory ceded to the United States by
the State of Virginia.

Formed from territory ceded to the United States by
the States of Georgia and South Carolina. Seceded
Jan. 9, 1861. Readmitted to representation by act
of Feb. 23, 1870.

Formed from territory ceded to the United States by
the State of Virginia.

Formed from territory ceded to the United States by
the States of South Carolina and Georgia. Seceded
Jan. 11, 1861. Readmitted to representation upon
ratifying the fourteenth amendment July 13, 1868.
Formed from a portion of the territory of the State of
Massachusetts.

Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to the
United States by France, under the name of "Louisi-
ana," by the treaty of Paris of 1803.

square
miles

9,609
40, 395
42, 244

56, 400

3,444, 165

51, 609