State of Lincoln

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Lincoln is one of several proposed states of the United States of America (see 51st state).

1 Lincoln in Idaho and Washington
2 Lincoln in Texas
3 Other proposed names
4 References

[edit] Lincoln in Idaho and Washington

It was proposed to consist of the Panhandle of Idaho and Eastern Washington (that is, east of the Cascade Mountains). It was first proposed by Idaho in 1864, when the Capital was moved from Lewiston to its present-day location of Boise, which made governing the out-of-reach panhandle more difficult. The 1864 proposal was to make the panhandle its own state. This proposal failed, but in 1901 another proposal was made, this time to combine the Idaho Panhandle with Eastern Washington to create the state of Lincoln, in honor of President Abraham Lincoln. From the Washington end, proposals have been made as recent as 1996, 1999, and 2005. Other than Lincoln, the names "Columbia" and "Eastern Washington" were proposed to be used for the state.

[edit] Lincoln in Texas

Another state that was to be named "Lincoln" was in Texas after the U.S. Civil War. It was proposed in 1869 to be carved out of the territory of Texas from the area south and west of the state's Colorado River. While unlike many other Texas division proposals of the Reconstruction period, this one was presented to Congress, but like the others, it failed.

[edit] Other proposed names

Other suggested names for such a state include East Washington, Columbia, and Cascadia. ("Cascadia" is also the name of a Pacific Northwest independence movement.)^{[citation needed]}