Episode 3 of 4

Vermont Petition

When
January 1791
Where
Vermont
Part of
New York Consent to Vermont Admission

Vermont convention voted to petition Congress for statehood in January 1791.

In January 1791, a convention in Vermont voted 105–4 to petition Congress to become a state in the federal union, following the resolution of boundary disputes with New York.

Sources

  1. Vermont Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-18

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