Politics & Government
Happy Birthday New Hampshire
On June 21, 1788 New Hampshire was admitted to the union
On Friday June 21, 2019 New Hampshire will celebrate 231 years as the 9th state admitted to the union. To celebrate, we used State Data Lab to find fun facts about New Hampshire and to learn more about The Granite State.
We all know about the Declaration of Independence, but did you know delegates from New Hampshire were the first to vote for it? Today, New Hampshire accounts for four of the 538 total electoral votes in the electoral college.
Franklin Pierce, the 14th president of the United States, is the only president from the great state of New Hampshire. In the 2016 presidential election the state had a 69 percent voter turnout rate, which is percent higher than the national average. President Pierce would be proud.
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In 1833 in Peterborough, New Hampshire the first free (tax supported) public library was established. New Hampshire’s love of learning did not end there! Currently the state has a 88.9 percent high school graduation rate, which is percent higher than the national average
In 1910 Marilla Ricker was the first woman to apply to run for governor of New Hampshire, but her candidacy was denied by the state’s attorney general. As of 2016, women made up 50.2 percent of the state’s population.
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New Hampshire’s Kancamagus Highway goes through the White Mountain National Forest and has a reputation for being a great scenic drive. The state spends $393.68 per state resident on highway expenditures, some of which is probably going to one of the country’s best scenic drives.
Mount Washington, the highest peak in the northeastern U.S. located in New Hampshire, once had wind speeds at 231 mph, comparable to a category 5 hurricane. In 2018, New Hampshire’s average winter temperature was a chilling 21.6 degrees.
You can learn more about New Hampshire and make your own charts using State Data Lab. And we at Truth in Accounting wish New Hampshire a very happy 231st birthday!
Madison Randolph is an online marketing and social media intern at Truth in Accounting, a nonprofit organization based in Chicago that researches government financial data.
