C/C++ :: How To Create Objects Of Same Data Structure (type)

well i create a State.h class

#ifndef STATE.H
#define STATE_H
class State {
public:
virtual void handle_action() = 0;
virtual void update() = 0;
virtual void render() = 0;
};
#endif //STATE.H

What i'm trying to create is a simple State Manager for SFML! I created another class that inherits State.

#pragma once
#include "state.h"
class FirstState : public State {
public:
FirstState();
~FirstState();
void handle_action();
void update();
void render();
};

So the question is this, each state that i have will inherit the State class. However, i wanted to perhaps add each state object into a vector array. But i'm not sure as to what data type it be? I have a state manager class that will contain the vector.

What i want to do is this, each game state will create an object that will inherit functions from the state.h class. I want to store them all in a vector array, but each object is clearly named different. My curiosity was wondering, since all those different states inherit the State.h class, can i simply create a State Object std::vector<State> *states; that will contain all those different state objects?

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