When the US annexes or gains new territory it generally doesn't give them federal representation for a while. Alaska was acquired in 1884, but didn't get "stat

When the US annexes or gains new territory it generally doesn't give them federal representation for a while. Alaska was acquired in 1884, but didn't get "statehood" until 1959. Hawaii was annexed in 1900, but didn't get "statehood" until 1959. Puerto Rico was acquired in 1898, but still doesn't have "statehood." If Canada is annexed by the US there is a good chance I will be dead of old age before it gets a vote in US elections.