1911 United States House of Representatives election in Arizona clause for admitting Arizona Territory and New Mexico Territory as a single state, but that clause was removed in the final version. Arizona was the last territory in the contiguous United States, and after Arizona's admission, it would be another 47 years before another State (Alaska) was admitted. 1911 United States House of Representatives election in Arizona Arizona's first election to the United States House of Representatives was held December 11, 1911, for the 62nd Congress Arizona joined the union as the 48th state on February 14, 1912, having already elected its first Representative in December. Arizona Territory had been
Democratic response to 2006 State of the Union address Democratic response to 2006 State of the Union address The response to the 2006 State of the Union Address was delivered by Virginia Governor Tim Kaine on January 31, 2006, after United States President George W. Bush delivered his 2006 State of the Union address. The theme of Kaine's speech, ""A Better Way"," advocates the Democratic Party's policies and states' rights. Kaine delivered the speech from Virginia's historic Executive Mansion in Richmond and the speech was televised nationwide. Kaine begins his speech by recalling his work as a Catholic missionary in Honduras where he learned the value of measuring one's