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Nov 13, 2009 · On January 29, 1861, Kansas is admitted to the Union as free state. It was the 34th state to join the Union.
- Missy Sullivan
Kansas entered the Union as the 34th state on January 29, 1861. Less than three months later, on April 12, Fort Sumter was attacked by Confederate troops and the Civil War began. In Washington D.C., rumors were afloat that President Abraham Lincoln was to be kidnapped or assassinated.
Background. After the Territory of Kansas approved the anti-slavery Wyandotte Constitution, it was admitted to the Union on January 29, 1861, in the midst of the national secession crisis: six states had already seceded, and five more would follow in the coming months.
On January 21, 1861, the U.S. Senate finally approves the Wyandotte Constitution, which will admit Kansas into the Union as a free state. On January 29, President James Buchanan signs the bill approving the constitution, and Kansas becomes the 34th state after almost seven years of political and sometimes violent conflict.
Aug 15, 2016 · On January 29, 1861 Kansas became the 34th state; 2011 marks its 150th anniversary. Here is a small sampling of the many congressional records that tell the story of Kansas's tumultuous path to statehood.
Jan 29, 2014 · Kansas, the scene of violence triggered by the slavery issue, entered the Union on this day in 1861 as the 34th state, some three months before the start of the Civil War. The United States had...
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Oct 30, 2019 · In April, 1860 the House voted to admit Kansas as a free state under the Wyandot Constitution but pro-slavery Senators resisted. However, as southern states seceded from the Union and Senators from those states vacated their seats, the Senate was able to pass this bill granting Kansas statehood effective January 29, 1861.
