California: Polity Style: 1849-2025
| 12 Dec 1849 | the Constitution of the State of California is adopted by the Constitutional Convention held at Monterey on 11 Oct 1849, signed by the delegates of the Constitutional Convention on 13 Oct 1849, and ratified by a popular vote on 13 Nov 1849, the results of the vote are certified by the proclamation of the Governor of California issued on 12 Dec 1849 (California Constitutional Convention 1849, pp. 459-461, 476; Alta California, No. 7, 24 Dec 1849, p. 3) |
| 12 Dec 1849 - | State of California |
| 9 Sep 1850 | the State of California is admitted to the United States in accordance with an act passed by the Congress of the United States (Senate on 13 Aug 1850, House of Representatives on 7 Sep 1850), signed into law on 9 Sep 1850 (Statutes at Large, 9:452-453) [1] |
- Full title: An act for the Admission of the State of California into the Union.