President James Madison approves Indiana's admission into…
December 1816 CE
In order to decrease the threat of Indian raids following the Battle of Tippecanoe, Corydon, a town in the far southern part of Indiana, had been named the second capital of the Indiana Territory in May 1813.
Two years later, a petition for statehood had been approved by the territorial general assembly and sent to Congress.
An Enabling Act had been passed to provide an election of delegates to write a constitution for Indiana.
On June 10, 1816, delegates had assembled at Corydon to write the constitution, which was completed in nineteen days.
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