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On April 30, 1812, exactly nine years after the signing of the Louisiana Purchase, Congress admitted Louisiana as the eighteenth state in the Union.The convention requested that Congress add the Florida parishes to the new state, and Congress honored this request.n April 30, 1812, exactly nine years after the signing of the Louisiana Purchase, Congress admitted Louisiana as the eighteenth state in the Union.
Five new states were admitted to the Union while Monroe was in office: 1  Mississippi â December 10, 1817. 2  Illinois â December 3, 1818. 3  Alabama â December 14, 1819. 4  Maine â March 15, 1820. Maine is one of 3 states that were set off from already existing states (Kentucky and West Virginia are the others).