No. They became a state much later in 1870 . Our first states were the 13 colonies and New Mexico in the 1700's was Mexican territory.
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New Mexico was admitted into the Union on January 6, 1912 becoming the 47th state to join the union.
Mexico is an independent country. It is not a state of US. It has nothing to do with the US. It is outside the United State's jurisdiction. Only New Mexico is in the US. It was admitted as the 47th state in 1912.
The 47th state is New Mexico, The 48th state is Arizona, the 49th state is Alaska, and the 50th state is Hawaii. :) Read more:Which_were_the_47-48_states
Same as now except for Alaska (admitted 1959) and Hawaii (1960). Therse were the first new states admitted since New Mexico and Arizona in 1912.