Oklahoma Enabling Act
1906 United States federal territory and statehood legislation / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Enabling Act of 1906,[1] in its first part, empowered the people residing in Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory to elect delegates to a state constitutional convention and subsequently to be admitted to the union as a single state.
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Other short titles | Statehood Act of 1906 |
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Long title | An Act to enable the people of Oklahoma and of the Indian Territory to form a constitution and State government and be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States; and to enable the people of New Mexico and of Arizona to form a constitution and State government and be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States. |
Nicknames | Oklahoma Enabling Act of 1906 |
Enacted by | the 59th United States Congress |
Effective | June 16, 1906 |
Citations | |
Public law | 59-234 (1st session) |
Statutes at Large | 34 Stat. 267 |
Codification | |
Titles amended | 43 U.S.C.: Public Lands |
U.S.C. sections created | 43 U.S.C. ch. 22 § 944 |
Legislative history | |
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United States Supreme Court cases | |
Sharp v. Murphy McGirt v. Oklahoma |
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The act, in its second part, also enabled the people of New Mexico Territory and of Arizona Territory to form a constitution and State government and be admitted into the Union, requiring a referendum to determine if both territories should be admitted as a single state.[2]