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Arizona Statehood Battle Returns to Backers and Buttons
Historical notes recount early 1900s battles over joint statehood with New Mexico versus separate statehood for Arizona. Conventions in Bisbee in 1906 split on jointure, with Republicans and Democrats nominating delegates and fighting both for and against joint statehood. The piece tracks campaigns, editorials, and public sentiment leading to separate statehood, Taft era efforts, and eventual 1912 admission after a Taft veto challenge and a constitutional convention.
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Arizona
New Mexico
Bisbee
Mark Smith
Territorial
William F. Cooper
Arizoria
Ike
Tucson Citizen
Arizona Star
Tucson
Roosevelt
Susiem
the Star
Arizona Territory
Wickenburg Herald
Phoenix
Charles A. Ainsworth
Congress
Sen. Beveridge
Phoenix Gazette
Phoenix Republican
the Gazette
Washington
Teddy Roosevelt
Territory
Kibbey
Welkin
White House
E. S. Clark
Sims Ely
Ben
Ory
William Howard Taft
Territories
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
Oklahoma
George W. P. Hunt
Globe
Statehood