An attempt to drop the word North from the state name was defeated by the 1947 Legislative Assembly (House Concurrent Resolution {H.C.R.} J). Again in 1989, the Legislature rejected two resolutions (Senate Concurrent Resolutions Nos. {S.C.R.
The Noahide Laws were quietly passed in Congress. Congressman Tom Sawyer-Ohio, Congressman Tom Ridge-Pennsylvania (Governor during 911 and Virginia Tech shooting lead investigator), Jewish lobbyist and minority leader Bob Michaels and Congressman Benjamin Gillman-New York.
Answer to your question depended upon which side of this debate you were on when it was passed. According to an article written on behalf of the History Channel: . . . [In] 1887, President Grover Cleveland sign[ed] the Dawes Severalty Act into law.