[962] 1 Recess appointment. Nomination not confirmed by the Senate (June 18, 1959). [963] 8. James P. Mitchell.. 9. Arthur J. Goldberg. 10. W. Willard Wirtz. June 1, 1945 Jan. 19, 1954 Jan. 21, 1961 Franklin D. Roosevelt. Do. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Do. The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was created by Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953, approved Apr. 1, 1953 (67 Stát. 18; 5 U.S.C. 623), which, effective Apr. 11, 1953, abolished the Federal Security Agency and transferred its functions to the new Department. 1 The Constitution was adopted by convention of the States Sept. 17, 1787, and was subsequently ratified by the several States in the order listed. Unanimous. The area of Virginia at the date of ratification was 61,352 square miles, but Dec. 31, 1862, a portion of its territory was set off and admitted Into the Union as a free and independent State under the name of West Virginia. [971] STATES ADMITTED INTO THE UNION SINCE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION Formed from a portion of the territory of the State of Formed from a portion of the territory of the State of Formed from territory ceded to the United States by Formed from territory ceded to the United States by Formed from territory ceded to the United States by Formed from territory ceded to the United States by Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to the United States by France, under the name of "Louisi ana," by the treaty of Paris of 1803. |