>>Well, we had some arguments here, with some people insisting
>>that another state was added recently. I wonder where they
>>got the idea from.
>
>Maybe from the fact that Ohio was "improperly" admitted into the US the first time around, so they had to re-do it properly.
>
>(Anybody know a cite for this last, or am I just repeating an urban legend?)

The Straight Dope had a story about the supposed illegality of income tax based on Ohio not being a proper state. I can't get to www.straightdope.com through my firewall here but Cecil Adams basically said, a few years ago, that the process of admitting states back in the early 19th century wasn't all that formal, and that there was nothing very exceptional about Ohio's statehood. I don't remember anything about a re-do.