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"But the Thirteenth Amendment ended slavery in the US everywhere. Lincoln used a lot of political capital to twist arms in the Congress to get the needed 2/3rd's majorities."

I heard that Lincoln packed the union. That is to say that he got congress to admit Nevada to the union even though it did not have the constitutionaly required population because he needed the votes to get the 13th passed. That must have galled Roosevelt when he couldn't get away with the same scheme for the supreme court.

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That is to say that he got congress to admit Nevada to the union even though it did not have the constitutionaly required population because he needed the votes to get the 13th passed.

If you would bother to read the Constitution you would find that there is no constitutional requirement for statehood.

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Make that constitutional population requirement for statehood. My bad.