As part of the Compromise of 1850, the Republic of California is admitted as a free State into the voluntary Union. This brings the balance, in the Senate, of free States and slave States to 16 free and 14 slave—excluding the federal enclave of Ohio.
[updated 3/20/2022]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
Article IV, Section 3 [Clause 1]
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 139.
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