original: on august 7 , 1953 , congress passed a law retroactively setting the date of ohio 's statehood at march 1 , 1803 , the date when ohio 's first legislature convened .
simplifications: on august 7 , 1953 , congress passed a law retroactively setting the date of ohio 's statehood at march 1 , 1803 , the date when ohio 's first general assembly convened . on august 7 , 1953 , congress passed a law that made ohio a state on march 1 , 1803 because that was the day the ohio legislature first met . in august of 1953 , congress passed a law setting the date of ohio 's statehood to the date of their first legislature gathering of march 1 , 1803 . in 1953 , congress retroactively set the date of ohio 's statehood as march 1 , 1803 . on august 7 , 1953 , congress passed a law resetting the date of ohio 's state at march 1 , 1803 , the date when ohio 's legislature first met . on august 7 , 1953 , ohio congress retroactively set the date of statehood at march 1 , 1803 , the date the first legislature convened . on august 7 , 1953 , congress passed a law retroactively setting the date of ohio 's statehood at march 1 , 1803 , the date when ohio 's first legislature assembled . on august 7 , 1953 , congress passed a law setting the date of ohio 's statehood at march 1 , 1803 , the date when ohio 's first legislature came together . .