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Bill Taft: “Now, Therefore, I, William Howard Taft, President of the United States of America, do, in accordance with the provisions…”

On the recordFebruary 13, 1912
Now, Therefore, I, William Howard Taft, President of the United States of America, do, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress and the joint resolution of Congress herein named, declare and proclaim the fact that the fundamental conditions imposed by Congress on the State of Arizona to entitle that State to admission have been ratified and accepted, and that the admission of the State into the Union on an equal footing with the other States is now complete.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

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Proclamation 1180—Admitting Arizona to the Union

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