In most past cases, Congress has required that the people of the territory seeking statehood vote in a free referendum election, then petition the U.S. government for statehood. ... District of Alaska until becoming an incorporated territory of the United States in 1912; and finally, being officially admitted as the 49th state on January 3, 1959.
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