A resolution recognizing and celebrating the 200th anniversary of the entry of Alabama into the Union as the 22d State.

This resolution recognizes the 200th anniversary of the entry of Alabama into the Union as the 22nd state.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 456 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 456

   Recognizing and celebrating the 200th anniversary of the entry of 
                Alabama into the Union as the 22d State.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 17, 2019

    Mr. Shelby (for himself and Mr. Jones) submitted the following 
             resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Recognizing and celebrating the 200th anniversary of the entry of 
                Alabama into the Union as the 22d State.

Whereas Congress created the Alabama Territory from the eastern half of the 
        Mississippi Territory on March 3, 1817;
Whereas by 1819, the birth and growth of cities, towns, and communities in the 
        Alabama Territory ensured that the population of the Alabama Territory 
        had developed sufficiently to achieve the minimum number of inhabitants 
        required by Congress to qualify for statehood;
Whereas Congress and President James Monroe approved statehood for the Alabama 
        Territory on December 14, 1819, making Alabama the 22d State of the 
        United States;
Whereas December 14, 2019, marks the 200th anniversary of the attainment of 
        statehood by Alabama; and
Whereas that bicentennial is a monumental occasion to celebrate and commemorate 
        the achievements of the great State of Alabama: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate recognizes and celebrates the 200th 
anniversary of the entry of Alabama into the Union as the 22d State.
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