Hawaii Admission Act

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The Hawaii Admission Act is the 1959 U.S. federal law that enabled Hawaii to become the 50th state of the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal law ⓘ
enabling act ⓘ
admittedAsNumberedState 50 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Admission of Hawaii Act ⓘ
appliesTo residents of the Territory of Hawaii ⓘ
category Statehood legislation ⓘ
changesStatusOf Territory of Hawaii ⓘ
linked to: Hawaii Territory
constitutionalBasis Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
creates State of Hawaii ⓘ
linked to: Hawaii
effectiveDate 1959-08-21 ⓘ
enactedBy 86th United States Congress ⓘ
establishes boundaries of the State of Hawaii ⓘ
grants full U.S. statehood rights to Hawaii ⓘ
hasEffectOn United States flag star count ⓘ
increasedNumberOfStarsOnFlagTo 50 ⓘ
jurisdiction Territory of Hawaii ⓘ
linked to: Hawaii Territory
language English ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
locatedInLegalSystem United States legal system ⓘ
linked to: United States law
partOf process of U.S. territorial expansion ⓘ
popularApprovalDate 1959-06-27 ⓘ
popularApprovalResult approved ⓘ
popularApprovalYesPercentage about 94.3% ⓘ
precededBy Alaska Statehood Act ⓘ
presidentInOfficeAtEnactment Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
providesFor assumption of certain territorial obligations by the State of Hawaii ⓘ
drafting of a state constitution for Hawaii ⓘ
election of state officials for Hawaii ⓘ
representation of Hawaii in the U.S. Congress ⓘ
publicLawNumber Public Law 86-3 ⓘ
purpose to provide for the admission of Hawaii as a state of the United States ⓘ
regulates transfer of public lands from federal to state control in Hawaii ⓘ
relatedPlebiscite Hawaii statehood referendum, 1959 ⓘ
requiresPopularApproval yes ⓘ
result admission of Hawaii as the 50th U.S. state ⓘ
shortName Hawaii Statehood Act ⓘ
signedBy Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
signingDate 1959-03-18 ⓘ
stateAdmitted Hawaii ⓘ
statutesAtLargeCitation 73 Stat. 4 ⓘ
subjectMatter U.S. territorial incorporation ⓘ
federal–state relations in the United States ⓘ
statehood ⓘ
title An Act to provide for the admission of the State of Hawaii into the Union ⓘ
yearOfEnactment 1959 ⓘ

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Alaska Statehood Act → relatedTo → Hawaii Admission Act ⓘ
Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920 → relatedTo → Hawaii Statehood Admission Act of 1959 ⓘ
linked to: Hawaii Admission Act
Hawaii Admission Act → shortName → Hawaii Statehood Act ⓘ
linked to: Hawaii Admission Act
Hawaii Admission Act → title → An Act to provide for the admission of the State of Hawaii into the Union ⓘ
linked to: Hawaii Admission Act
Hawaii Admission Act → alsoKnownAs → Admission of Hawaii Act ⓘ
linked to: Hawaii Admission Act
United States–Hawaii relations → legalBasis → Hawaii Admission Act of 1959 ⓘ
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Hawaii Territory → admissionAct → Hawaii Admission Act ⓘ
Hawaiian home lands → transferRelatedTo → Hawaii Statehood Act ⓘ
linked to: Hawaii Admission Act
Hawaiian home lands → relatedLegalInstrument → Hawaii Admission Act ⓘ
Governor of Hawaii → officeCreatedBy → Hawaii Admission Act ⓘ