Presidents have been essential to numerous statehood movements. Four Presidents who have been involved in states becoming members of the Union include:
Taylor and Fillmore were significant in New Mexico and California statehoods in 1850.
Lincoln helped with West Virginia’s statehood effort of 1861, Nevada’s ‘telegraph’ statehood of 1864 and 1959.
Dwight D. Eisenhower worked, bringing in Alaska and Hawaii to the Union.
Following their Declaration of Independence of January 15, 2018:
The State of New California is ready to be the 51st State in the Union of States called the United States of America.