Admission of Alaska and Hawaii to Statehood
Alaska was admitted into the Union on Jan. 3, 1959, on issuance of Proc. No. 3269, Jan. 3, 1959, 24 F.R. 81, 73 Stat. c16, and Hawaii was admitted into the Union on Aug. 21, 1959, on issuance of Proc. No. 3309, Aug. 21, 1959, 24 F.R. 6868, 73 Stat. c74. For Alaska Statehood Law, see [Pub. L. 85–508], July 7, 1958, [72 Stat. 339], set out as a note preceding section 21 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions. For Hawaii Statehood Law, see [Pub. L. 86–3], Mar. 18, 1959, [73 Stat. 4], set out as a note preceding section 491 of Title 48.