J. Res. 1 of the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii, August 15, 1903
The United States Constitution requires Congress to approve new states before they can be admitted to the Union. Just five years after the annexation of Hawaii its territorial legislature petitioned Congress to admit Hawaii as a state.
J. Res. 1 of the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii, August 15, 1903; Records of the U.S. House of Representatives, RG 233; National Archives, Washington, DC.
J. Res. 1 of the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii, August 15, 1903; Records of the U.S. House of Representatives, RG 233; National Archives, Washington, DC.