U.S. Presidents Since Hawaii Statehood:
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Dwight Eisenhower was the president in 1959 when the 49th and 50th states were added to the union.
Dwight Eisenhower was President when states 49 and 50 were added. The year was 1959.
Alaska became a state on January 3, 1959 when Dwight Eisenhower was President of the United States.
The vice-president of the United States is the president of the US senate.
The 36th state of the United States is Nevada. It became a state at the end of the first term of Abraham Lincoln in accordance with a law signed by that president.
There was no President in 1777, the colonies were still at war with England and the Continental Congress was calling the shots. John Hancock was the President of the Continental Congress at the start of 1777. He was replaced by Henry Laurens on November 1. George Washington became the first President of the United States in 1789.
Nebraska became at state in 1967 while Johnson was President. (He also completed the purchase of Alaska, adding it to US territory to eventually become a state.)