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Territory of Hawaii
The
Territory of Hawaii
or
Hawaii Territory
was an
organized incorporated territory
of the
United States
that existed from July 7, 1898, until August 21, 1959, when its territory was admitted to the
Union
as the fiftieth
U.S. state
, the
State of Hawaii
. The
Hawaii Admission Act
explicitly specified that the State of Hawaii would not include
Palmyra Island
,
the Midway Islands
,
Johnston Island
, Sand Island (off-shore from Johnston Island), or
Kingman Reef
.
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