At the convening of the Democratic (constitutionalist) 31st Constitutional Congress (elected in accordance with Article I, Section 3 [Clause 1]), Whig (nationalist) President Taylor urges the immediate admission of the Republic of California into the voluntary Union.

       [updated 3/20/2022]

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References:

Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 135.

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,161,621,015,445

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