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Four regions have proposed the use of this presidential name for a new state. One later became the Colorado Territory, two were in the state of Texas, and the fourth was comprised of parts of California and Oregon.
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Jefferson
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This proposed state in present-day eastern Tennessee was two votes shy of becoming our 14th state.
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Franklin
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There were two different state proposals submitted for this name honoring a fallen president, one an area in southwest Texas, and another from the panhandle of Idaho.
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Lincoln
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In 1982 voters of this region ratified a constitution for the 51st state of New Columbia.
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Washington D.C.
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The state of Nickajack was proposed by anti-secessionists in the state of Tennessee and this state.
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Alabama
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If this proposed division of Michigan had become a state would we call the residents Supers rather than Yoopers?
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Superior
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A word from the Book of Mormon meaning honeybee, this proposed state was greatly pared down in size by the US government, eventually becoming the state of Utah.
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Deseret
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A proposal was made for this new state to be formed from the peninsula currently split among Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia.
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Delmarva
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The name of this proposed state comprising portions of South Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana was taken from a mountain range in the Rocky Mountains.
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Absaroka
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This Tennessee county, named for an army general in the Mexican War, did not want to secede in the Civil War, so they declared themselves a free and independent state of the Union.
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Scott
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No vampires here that we know of, but it was a state proposed from parts of Kentucky and Tennessee.
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Transylvania
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In 1905 the Cherokee proposed the new state of Sequoyah, but instead the area was merged with this new state.
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Oklahoma
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Talk of making Westylvania the 14th state was squelched when this state passed a law declaring any talk of secession punishable by death.
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Pennsylvania
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A proposal for the merger of Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands resulted in this name for a new state.
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Puerto Virgo
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Commissioners from Weld County, Colorado proposed this new state in 2012.
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North Colorado
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In 2012 Newt Gringrich stated, "When we have 13,000 Americans living (here) they can petition to become a state."
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