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September 24

New question about the United States

We know all 48 of the contiguous United States. An interesting question: among the different states that the country was proposed to have in the contiguous area but that never succeeded, which one was the closest to succeeding?? Georgia guy (talk) 21:40, 24 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Only State of Franklin‎ and Puerto Rico statehood seem to have advanced very far. We have a category at category:Proposed states of the United States which shows some other attempts. Rmhermen (talk) 22:12, 24 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The word is secede, not succeed. StuRat (talk) 22:18, 24 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

No it isn't. A proposal (for a new State) may succeed or fail. Tevildo (talk) 22:24, 24 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Presumably if a request to secede is granted, it's a success. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 22:46, 24 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

State of Sequoyah had a constitutional convention, a constitution, a referendum, and a statehood bill in Congress. Loraof (talk) 22:58, 24 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]