Michigan Time Traveler home

Celebrate Statehood pages—

• Stevens T. Mason, the First and Youngest Governor of Michigan

• The Toledo War

• Michigan Becomes a State

• Michigan Votes!

• Statehood Time Line

• Things to Do

• At the Michigan Historical Museum

Teacher's Guide [PDF]

Celebrate Statehood

Michigan celebrates its birthday on January 26. How old is the state this year?

Michigan adopted its first constitution in 1835, but it didn't become the 26th state until 1837. Click on the links at the left to find out why.

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"Celebrate Statehood" originally appeared in the Lansing State Journal on January 10, 2001, as part of the Lansing Newspapers In Education (NIE) program.