Montana (November 8, 1889) was the 41st State admitted to the Union. The Constitution of the State of Montana, adopted 1889, stated:
<Preamble. We, the people of Montana, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of liberty...establish this Constitution.> 1889MT001
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Endnotes:
1889MT001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Montana, 1889, Constitution, Preamble. Charles E. Rice, The Supreme Court and Public Prayer (New York: Fordham University Press, 1964), p. 172; "Hearings, Prayers in Public Schools and Other Matters," Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate (87th Cong., 2nd Sess.), 1962, pp. 268 et seq.