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
Admission to the Union phrase, "new States shall be admitted on the same terms with the original States", in the "new states" clause was defeated. That proposal would have taken the policy articulated in the Ordinance of 1784 and made it a constitutional imperative. Many delegates objected to including the phrase however, fearing that the political power of future new western states would ultimately overwhelm that of the established eastern states. Delegates, understanding that the number of states would inevitably increase, did agree to include wording into this clause to preclude formation of a new state out of an established one without the consent