Iowa (December 28, 1846) was the 29th State admitted to the Union. On August 7, 1789, slavery was prohibited from entering the territory of Iowa by an Act of Congress, introduce by Rufus King and signed into law by President George Washington, titled:
<An Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United States Northwest of the River Ohio, Article VI.> 1846IA001
The Constitution of the State of Iowa, adopted 1857, stated:
<Preamble. We, the People of the State of Iowa, grateful to the Supreme Being for the blessings hitherto enjoyed, and feeling our dependence on Him for a continuation of these blessings...establish this Constitution.> 1846IA002
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Endnotes:
1846IA001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Iowa, August 7, 1789, Article VI, "An Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United States Northwest of the River Ohio," prohibiting slavery from entering the territories, introduce by Rufus King and signed into law by President George Washington. The Constitution of the United States (Trenton: Moore and Lake, 1813), p. 366. Acts Passed at a Congress of the United States of America (Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, 1791), p. 104. Rufus King (a signer of the U.S. Constitution), The Life and Correspondence of Rufus King, Charles King, editor (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1894), Vol. I, pp. 288-289.
1846IA002. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Iowa, 1857, Constitution, Preamble. Charles E. Rice, The Supreme Court and Public Prayer (New York: Fordham University Press, 1964), p. 169; "Hearings, Prayers in Public Schools and Other Matters," Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate (87th Cong., 2nd Sess.), 1962, pp. 268 et seq.