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mar 15, 1820 - Maine admitted to the Union as the 23rd state.

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Maine is admitted as a free state only after Missouri was allowed to enter the Union as a slave state. This was part of the Missouri Compromise of 1820, maintaining the balance of free and slave states.

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mar 15, 1820
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~ 205 years ago

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