Manifest Destiny

Manifest Destiny

• March 4, 1837 - Martin van Buren is sworn in as the eighth President of the United States.
  
• March 4, 1837 - Richard Johnson is sworn in as the ninth Vice President of the United States.
  
• January 26, 1837 - Michigan is the 26th state admitted to the Union.
  
• June 11, 1838 - The Iowa Territory is organized.
  
• March 4, 1841 - William Harrison is sworn in as the ninth President of the United States.
  
• March 4, 1841 - John Tyler is sworn in as the 10th Vice President of the United States.
  
• April 6, 1841 - John Tyler is sworn in as the 10th President of the United States.
  
• April 12, 1844 - The United States annexes what are now parts of Colorado, New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas as a result of the Adams-Onis Treaty with Spain.
  
• March 3, 1845 - Florida is the 27th state admitted to the Union. Florida became a state on March 3, 1845, a move delayed by the reluctance of Congress to admit another slave state, and it joined the Confederacy on January 10, 1861, re-entering the Union at war's end.
  
• March 4, 1845 - James Polk is sworn in as the 11th President of the United States.
  
• April 4, 1845 - George Dallas is sworn in as the 11th Vice President of the United States.
  
• December 29, 1845 - Texas is the 28th state admitted to the Union. After ten years of independence, Texas became a state on December 29, 1845.
  

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