(Wikipedia) ... On January 6, 1912, after years of debate on whether the population of New Mexico was fully assimilated into American culture, or too immersed in corruption, President William Howard Taft twisted arms in Congress and it approved admission of New Mexico as the 47th state of the Union.
The admission of neighboring Arizona on February 14, 1912 completed the contiguous 48 states. Continued
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